SOLUTION: if the product of 5 and a number is decreased by 7, the result is -22
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Question 1200761: if the product of 5 and a number is decreased by 7, the result is -22
Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If the problem is to find the number, then make inverse operations in reverse order.
Doing this way, you first add 7 to -22, getting -15,
and you then divide -15 by 5, getting the answer -3.
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