SOLUTION: the sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice a number. what is the number?
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Question 185787: the sum of three times a number and 7 more than the number is the same as the difference between -11 and twice a number. what is the number?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number.
3x+x+7=-11-2x
4x+7=-11-2x
6x=-18
x=-3
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Ed
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