SOLUTION: a number decreased by 30 is the same as 14 minus 3 times that number ((you have to write and solve an equation to represent the problem and solve the equation))

Question 247530: a number decreased by 30 is the same as 14 minus 3 times that number
((you have to write and solve an equation to represent the problem and solve the equation))
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a number decreased by 30 is the same as 14 minus 3 times that number, our equation becomes:

Now, solve for x:

Check:

<--- it checks!
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