Which equation represents the sentence?

twice a number is 8 less than 3 times the number.

a: 2b = 3b - 8
b: 2b - 3 = 8
c: 2b = 8 - 3b
d: 2b = 3 (b - 8)

You eat 8 strawberries and your friend eats 12 strawberries from a bowl. there are 20 strawberries left. which equation and solution give the original number of strawberries?

The fence around a quadrilateral-shaped pasture is 3a^2+15a+9 long. three sides of the fence have the following lengths: 5a, 10a-2, a^2-7. what is the length of the fourth side of the fence?

Which graph represents the given linear function 4x+2y=3