SOLUTION: Five times a number is 49 greater than the product of 2 and the opposite of the number. What is the number? I got 9.8 but it was mark wrong.

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Question 892843: Five times a number is 49 greater than the product of 2 and the opposite of the number. What is the number?


I got 9.8 but it was mark wrong.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, "a number".

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