SOLUTION: Twice a number is decreased by 9, and this sum is multiplied by 4. The result is 8 less than 10 times the number. What is the number?

Question 524279: Twice a number is decreased by 9, and this sum is multiplied by 4. The result is 8 less than 10 times the number. What is the number?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Twice a number is decreased by 9, and this sum is multiplied by 4. The result is 8 less than 10 times the number. What is the number?
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Write an equation for exactly what it says
4(2n - 9) = 10n - 8
8n - 36 = 10n - 8
-36 + 8 = 10n - 8n
-28 = 2n
n =
n = -14
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See if that works in the original equation
4(2(-14) - 9) = 10(-14) - 8
4(-28 - 9) = -140 - 8
4(-37) = -148
-148 = -148; confirms our solution of n=-14
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