SOLUTION: four times the sum of a number and -52 amounts to -24

Question 515209: four times the sum of a number and -52 amounts to -24
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Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"four times the sum of a number and -52 amounts to -24"

x = the number

4x + (-52) = -24 {four times the sum of a number and -52 is -24}
4x - 52 = -24 {simplified the plus a negative}
4x = 28 {added 52 to both sides}
x = 7 {divided both sides by 4}

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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
number =x
4times = 4(x+(-52))
4(x+(-52))=-24
4x-208=-24
add 208 to both sides
4x=208-24
4x=184
/4
x=46
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