SOLUTION: three more than 8 times a number is -29. find the number
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Question 500159: three more than 8 times a number is -29. find the number
Answer by Flannery(124) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You have to write an equation and solve it.
8x+3=-29
8x=-32
x=-4
8(-4)+3=-29
-32+3=-29
-29=-29
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