Four times a number, subtracted from nine, is twice the number. how do i solved this?

Hey!

Into an equation:

9 - 4x = 2x

adding  4x on both sides

9 = 6x

dividing by  6 on both sides

9 / 6 = x

3 / 2 = x

x  = 1.5

Hope helps!

this excerpt is taken from the book “we shall not be moved : the women’s factory strike of 1909 “ and is written by joan dash. it is the story of the great strike when almost 30thousand women working in factories in america formed a union to fight unsafe working conditions, long working hours and miserable wages.

question: which best states the author’s purpose for including this information in the text?

answer: to challenge the reader’s ideas about a historical event

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