SOLUTION: negative one times the sum of a number and 3 is equal to two times the difference of -4 times the number and 3

Algebra.Com
Question 1131766: negative one times the sum of a number and 3 is equal to two times the difference of -4 times the number and 3
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
negative one times the sum of a number and 3 is equal to two times the difference of -4 times the number and 3
:
just write an equation for what it says
-1(n + 3) = 2(-4n - 3)
Distribute
-n - 3 = -8n - 6
-n + 8n = -6 + 3
7n = -3
n =

RELATED QUESTIONS

negative one times the sum of twice a number and 3 is equal to two times the difference... (answered by josgarithmetic)
Negative One times the sum of twice a number and 3 is equal to two times the difference... (answered by EdenWolf)
The sum of two times a number and negative ten is equal to the difference of the number... (answered by ewatrrr)
The sum of 2 and 3 times the difference of a number and 5 is equal to 4 times the... (answered by Schaman_Dempster)
Four times a number is less than or equal to the sum of three times the number and... (answered by ikleyn)
The difference of the square of a number and 4 is equal to 3 times that number. Find the... (answered by fractalier)
twice the difference of a number and 3 is equal to three times the sum of the number and... (answered by bucky)
wright these is equations 1: seventeen is four times the sum of a number and two... (answered by solver91311)
1.the sum of a number and fourteen is less or equal to three times the number 2.negative (answered by mananth)