The difference of twice a number and five is three. find the number.
translate the word problem to an equation. which steps describe how to solve the equation?

Step-by-step explanation:

Difference means minus

Twice a number mean 2 times a number, let's say 2x

Is means equals

So translated to an equation is:

2x - 5 = 3

Then isolate x so add 5 to both sides

2x = 8

Then divide by 2

X = 4

step-by-step explanation:

i think something is missing in your question because y-1=(x-12) would not pass through the point (-4,-3). because if you replace x by -4 your are supposed to find y=-3 which is not the case her. if you replace x by -4 you find =-15.

i assume the right equation is y-1=1/4*(x-12) because this one is passing through both your points (if you are interested to know how i found that out i can tell you).

in this equation if i replace x by -4 i find y=-3 and if i replace x by 12, i find y=1 so the line representing this equation is passing through those 2 points.

then the standard form of the equation is finding an expression of y in function of x

y-1=1/4*(x-12)

y=x/4-3+1

y=x/4-2

hope that .

do you confirm there was a mistake in the question?