SOLUTION: the product of 7 and a number, less than 85, is negative 29. What is the number? negative 29 + 85= 56. 56-7=49

Question 708412: the product of 7 and a number, less than 85, is negative 29. What is the number?
negative 29 + 85= 56. 56-7=49
Answer by josh_jordan(263) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To solve this word problem, we need to convert it into an equation. Let's first break down each part of the sentence:

"The product of 7 and a number" -- product means multiplication. So, 7 multiplied by some number. Let's use the letter y to represent the unknown number. Doing this, we can rewrite this as 7y

"Less than 85" -- less than means subtraction. So, we will subtract 85 from 7y. In other words, 7y - 85

"is negative 29" -- is means equals, so = -29

Put all of this together, and we have:

7y - 85 = -29

Now we can solve. First, add 85 to both sides of the equation:

85 - 85 + 7y = -29 + 85, giving us 7y = 56

Dividing both sides by 7 will give us y, which is our unknown number:

=

So, our final answer is 8. 8 is the unknown number.
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