SOLUTION: six times the sum of a number and -28 amounts to -108

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Question 270706: six times the sum of a number and -28 amounts to -108
Answer by vksarvepalli(154)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number be x
given
6(x-28) = -108
=> x-28 = -18
=> x=10
so the number is 10

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