SOLUTION: The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product or -2 and the difference of the same number from 3. Find the number.

Question 152539: The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product or -2 and the difference of the same number from 3. Find the number.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the number N.
The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 would be .
The product of -2 and the difference of the same number from 3 would be .
We can equate those two and solve for N.

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