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Translating Project Milestones into Equations

Imagine you are a project coordinator reviewing a status report. The report states: 'The sum of twice the number of core deliverables and a 3-day buffer period is 15 days.'

Based on the standard problem-solving strategy for two-step number problems, describe the specific mathematical operations that the keywords 'twice' and 'sum' represent in this scenario. Additionally, state which inverse operation must be performed first to begin solving for the number of core deliverables in the resulting equation.

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