SOLUTION: twenty-six less than the product of nine and the difference of a number and one is four times the number. what is that number?

Question 485418: twenty-six less than the product of nine and the difference of a number and one is four times the number. what is that number?
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twenty-six less than the product of nine and the difference of a number and one is four times the number.
what is that number?
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Write what it says:
-26 + 9(x-1) = 4x
normally written
9(x-1) - 26 = 4x
9x - 9 - 26 = 4x
9x - 35 = 4x
9x - 4x = 35
5x = 35
x =
x = 7
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Check it in the original equation
-26 + 9(7-1) = 4(7)
-26 + 54 = 28
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