SOLUTION: Can someone help me solve this problem? How do I write up this as an equation? What is the product of three times the difference of a number subtracted from 7 that equa

Question 53745: Can someone help me solve this problem?
How do I write up this as an equation?
What is the product of three times the difference of a number subtracted from 7 that equals the nmber plus five?
Thanks,
Lyn
Answer by rchill(405) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Product" means you will multiply at two numbers together; "three times" means multiply by 3; "difference of a number subtracted from 7" means "7-x". So, for the left side of the equation we have . The right side is "the number plus 5" or "x+5". So the entire equation is .
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