SOLUTION: The product of 3 and a number decreased by 17 is 154. What is the number
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Question 1129105: The product of 3 and a number decreased by 17 is 154. What is the number
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ambiguous....
It could be "(The product of 3 and a number) decreased by 17 is 154:
or it could be "The product of 3 and (a number decreased by 17) is 154:
Either equation should be easy to solve with basic algebra.
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