SOLUTION: Find a number which decreased by 18 is 5 times its opposite. show your equation.
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Question 375687: Find a number which decreased by 18 is 5 times its opposite. show your equation.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x - 18 = -5x,
x+5x = 18,
6x = 18,
x = 3.
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