Answer:
[tex]\boxed{x=20}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Less than- you had to subtract by the minus sign.
First you had to translate words into an equation.
2x-9=31
Then you solve by equation and add by nine from both sides of equation form.
[tex]2x-9+9=31+9[/tex]
[tex]2x=40[/tex]
Next, you divide by two from both sides of equation form.
[tex]\frac{2x}{2}= \frac{40}{2}[/tex]
[tex]40/2=20[/tex]
[tex]40/20=2[/tex]
[tex]2*20=40[/tex]
[tex]20*2=40[/tex]
[tex]x=20[/tex]
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-Charlie
