The following expression is equivalent to "double a number and add 12":
[tex]2x+12[/tex]since the result is greater than 20, we have the following:
[tex]\begin{gathered} 2x+12>20 \\ \Rightarrow2x>20─12=8 \\ \Rightarrow x>\frac{8}{2}=4 \\ x>4 \end{gathered}[/tex]the number is also less than 6. Then we have that:
[tex]4therefore, the number is 5