Five subtracted from two times a number is -53. What is the number?

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Answer 1

Hello Ximena,

The first step is to create a solvable equation for the question.

Let's say our number we want to find is x.

The question is saying two times x minus 5 is -53.

We can represent this as follows:

2x - 5 = -53

Now we just have to solve it for x and x will give us our number.

2x = -53 + 5 = -48

x = (-48) / 2

x = -24

Let me know if this helps!