Jon S. answered • 03/21/19
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Let x be our "number" which we do not know
We just need to translate words into math:
"17 is" translates to "17="
"sum of a number and 6" translates to "x + 6"
Putting the two together we get 17 = x + 6
To solve for x we subtract 6 from both sides of the equation to get x=11
