Four less than a number equals four times the sum of a number and 2. Is this statement true for only one number, for all numbers, or for no numbers? Explain your reasoning.

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Amaya Stokes

6 March, 05:56

Four less than a number equals four times the sum of a number and 2. Is this statement true for only one number, for all numbers, or for no numbers? Explain your reasoning.

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Emerson Molina · Answer 1

If the same number is indicated in both places where the words "a number"

appear, then the statement is true only when that number is - 4.

If "a number" and "a number" stand for two different numbers, then

there are an infinite list of ordered pairs of numbers that make the

statement true.