SOLUTION: here is what my math problem says, if four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. what is the number?

Question 415808: here is what my math problem says, if four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. what is the number?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. what is the number?
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Let x = the number
then
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From: "four times a number is added to 8"
we get the left side of the equation 4x+8
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From: "three times the number added to 5"
we get the right side of the equation: 3x+5
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4x + 8 = 3x + 5
subtracting 3x from both sides:
x + 8 = 5
subtracting 8 from both sides:
x = -3

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