SOLUTION: Four times a number is 35 less than the product of the same number and -3. What is the number?

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Question 477946: Four times a number is 35 less than the product of the same number and -3. What is the number?
Answer by lwsshak3(11628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Four times a number is 35 less than the product of the same number and -3. What is the number?
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let x=number
4x-35=-3x
7x=35
x=5

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