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  • 30-06-2017
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twice the difference of x and 5 is -33

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  • 30-06-2017
2*(x-5) = -33, so x-5 = -16.5, so x = -11.5

This is assuming that "the difference between a and b" is a-b, which seems to be the accepted interpretation.
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