SOLUTION: When the sum of a number and 9 and is doubled, the result is -8. What is the number?
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Question 514668: When the sum of a number and 9 and is doubled, the result is -8. What is the number?
Answer by umail08(87) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x = the number
X + 9 -=sum of a number and 9
2(x+9) = double the sum of a number and 9
2(x + 9) = -8 … this is your equation to solve
2(x + 9) = -8
2x + 18 = -8
2x + 18 – 18 = -8 -18
2x = -26
2x/2 = -26/2
x = -13
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