SOLUTION: Four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the number and three. Find the number. Thank you!

Question 276359: Four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the number and three. Find the number.

Thank you!
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x = "a number
:
Just write an equation for what it says:
"Four times the difference of a number and one is equal to six times the sum of the number and three."
4(x-1) = 6(x+3)
4x - 4 = 6x + 18
4x - 6x = 18 + 4
-2x = 22
x =
x = -11
;
:
See if that's true!
4(-11-1) = 6(-11 + 3)
4(-12) = 6(-8), it is

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