SOLUTION: The sum of three time a number and 7 more than the number is the difference between -11 and twice the number. What is the number?
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Question 551834: The sum of three time a number and 7 more than the number is the difference between -11 and twice the number. What is the number?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The sum of three time a number and 7 more than the number is the difference between -11 and twice the number" translates to
Start with the given equation.
Combine like terms on the left side.
Subtract from both sides.
Add to both sides.
Combine like terms on the left side.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Divide both sides by to isolate .
Reduce.
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Answer:
So the solution is
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