Given the statement:
"Five added to 4 times a number is equal to 9 less than 2 times the number."
Transforming each part of the statement into an equation, we get:
a.) Five added to 4 times a number:
[tex]\text{4x + 5}[/tex]b.) 9 less than 2 times the number:
[tex]\text{ 2x - 9}[/tex]Since it's been said that equation a is equal (=) to equation b, let's complete the equation.
We get,
[tex]\text{ 4x + 5 = 2x - 9}[/tex]