SOLUTION: Please help me solve Three times a number increased by 44 is the same as the opposite of the number. Find the number. What is the opposite of a number?

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Question 161281: Please help me solve Three times a number increased by 44 is the same as the opposite of the number. Find the number. What is the opposite of a number?
Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the 'opposite" is just the negative of the original number


so 3* (-11) + 44 = -33+44 = which is the 'opposite" of (-11)
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