I need help answering the following question

Question

3 times a number added to -2 subtracted from twice the sum of three times the number 4

Answer 1

2(3+4)-(3x-2)

=14-3x +2

= 16-3x

or possibly

3x + [2(3+4)- -2]

=3x +16

PEMDAS gives 16-2x, A before S, so Add 3x to -2, before Subtracting from 2(3+4)

but it's a convoluted sentence,

intent of the problem's author may depend

on the problem's context, if any