SOLUTION: Double the sum of a number and 6 is the same as 15 more than triple the same number. find the number

Question 73144: Double the sum of a number and 6 is the same as 15 more than triple the same number. find the number
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Double the sum of a number and 6..." If n is the number then this can be written...
"...is the same as (=) 15 more than triple the same number." This can be written.... Put it all together and you get:
Simplify and solve for n.
Subtract 2n from both sides.
Subtract 15 from both sides,

The number is -3
Check:
Double the sum of a number and 6. 2(-3+6) = 2(3) = 6
Fifteen more than triple the same number. 3(-3)+15 = -9+15 = 6
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