SOLUTION: Two less than three times a number is equal to 14 more than five times the number. WHat is the number?

Question 337191: Two less than three times a number is equal to 14 more than five times the number. WHat is the number?
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:
"Two less than three times a number is equal to 14 more than five times the number."
3x - 2 = 5x + 14
Obviously this will be a negative number
-2 - 14 = 5x - 3x
-16 = 2x
x =
x = -8 is the number
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Check solution in the original statement: x=-8
3(-8) - 2 = 5(-8) + 14
-24 - 2 = -40 + 14
-26 = -26
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