SOLUTION: How do I translate the following sentence into an equation and then solve it?
" if eight times a number is subtracted from four times a number, the result is negative fifty-six.
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Question 728664: How do I translate the following sentence into an equation and then solve it?
" if eight times a number is subtracted from four times a number, the result is negative fifty-six."
Answer by ohtheirony(35) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=number
8x= eight times the number
4x=four times the number
8x-4x=-56
4x=-56 (combine like terms)
x=-14 (divide each side by 4)
If you want to check, put -14 back in your original equation, 8x-4x=-56 as x.
8(-14)-4(-14)=56
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