The expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).
What is the expression that represents the phrase?
The difference of a number and 5 is given by:
x - 5.
As we don't know the number, hence we call it x.
Twice that is:
2(x - 5).
Hence the expression that represents the phrase "twice the difference of a number and 5" is 2(x - 5).
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