SOLUTION: I need help finding an answer to this question and writing it out. Seven times a number was 32 greater than the product of the number and -9. What was the number?

SOLUTION: I need help finding an answer to this question and writing it out. Seven times a number was 32 greater than the product of the number and -9. What was the number?

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Question 867902: I need help finding an answer to this question and writing it out. Seven times a number was 32 greater than the product of the number and -9. What was the number?

Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let number be x
Seven times a number =7x
the product of the number and -9= (-9)x=-9x
32 greater
32+(-9x)
7x=32-9x
7x+9x=32
16x=32
/16
x=2
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