SOLUTION: If you multiply a number by seven and then subract negative ten, the difference is negative thirty-two. What is the number?

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Question 714137:
If you multiply a number by seven and then subract negative ten, the difference is negative thirty-two. What is the number?

Answer by checkley79(3341)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7x-(-10)=-32
7x+10=-32
7x=-32-10
7x=-42
x=-42/7
x=-6 ans.
proof:
7*-6-(-10)=-32
-42+10=-32
-32=-32

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