SOLUTION: twice the opposite of a number is 16 less than 6 times the number. What is the number?
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Question 119054: twice the opposite of a number is 16 less than 6 times the number. What is the number?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
twice the opposite of a number is 16 less than 6 times the number. What is the number?
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Let the number be "x" ; It's opposite is "-x"
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EQUATION:
2(-x)+16= 6x
-2x + 16 = 6x
Add 2x to both sides to get:
8x = 16
x = 2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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