Twice the difference of a number and 8 is 5

Question

Can someone help me turn it into a written expression

Answer 1

Hi there!

To turn this into a written expression, we can separate it into its components. "The difference of a number and 8" is simply x – 8, and then we see the whole thing needs to be doubled, so we can put a 2 out in front:

2(x – 8)

Finally, we see the answer to this expression is 5, so we can write

2(x – 8) = 5.

I hope this helped!