SOLUTION: Negative Seven minus the product of 5 and a number is 28

SOLUTION: Negative Seven minus the product of 5 and a number is 28

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Question 382631: Negative Seven minus the product of 5 and a number is 28

Answer by kingme18(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Product means multiply. Thus, this means
First, get rid of the -7 by adding 7 to both sides:
The parentheses really don't matter in this problem, so
Divide by -5 on both sides, giving you
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