SOLUTION: Find a number such that four times two more than the number is the same as seven less than the opposite of the number.

SOLUTION: Find a number such that four times two more than the number is the same as seven less than the opposite of the number.

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Question 316977: Find a number such that four times two more than the number is the same as seven less than the opposite of the number.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number be x
4 times the number = 4x
two more = 4x+2
..
opposite number = -x
7 less = -x-(-7)
..
4x+2=-x+7
4x+x=7-2
5x=5
x=1

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