SOLUTION: If the product of a number and -7 is reduced by 5, the result is 75 less than twice the opposite of the number. What is the number?

Question 810802: If the product of a number and -7 is reduced by 5, the result is 75 less than twice the opposite of the number. What is the number?
Answer by erica65404(394) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
product of a number and -7
-7n
reduced by 5
-7n-5
equals
twice the opposite of the number
-n is the opposite of n
2(-n) or -2n
75 less than -2n
-2n-75

solve for n

The number is 14.
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