SAT Math Question (15) - A Contest

Hello Steemers! I've decided to make today's question a classic word problem. Enjoy!

The Rules

• Do not leave your answer in the comments please!
• Please give the answer to me via this link (https://steemit.chat/direct/hansenator), please upvote and resteem. First 10 correct solutions will be paid out in steem!
• Solution will be posted next week towards the end of contest post (if you do not wish to try to figure it out for yourself haha).
  1st place will receive 5 STEEM,
  2nd - 3 STEEM
  3rd - 2 STEEM
  4th and 5th - 1 STEEM
  6th through 10th - .25 STEEM

Today's Lesson/Hints

Words	Synonyms
"Addition +"	Sum, plus, increased by, and
"Subtraction -"	Difference, minus
"Multiplication x"	Product, times
"Division /"	Quotient, over, divide
"Equals ="	is, equivalent
"Parenthesis ()"	the quantity of

When they give you these questions on the SATs they don't care if the number is positive or negative, but usually want an integer type answer (...-2, -1, 0, 1, 2...).

The Question

Twice the quantity of the difference of a number and six is the sum of four times the same number and eight minus two. What is the number?

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