SOLUTION: if seventeen times a number is subtracted from eleven times the number, the result is fifty-seven.
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Question 798816: if seventeen times a number is subtracted from eleven times the number, the result is fifty-seven.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
write an equation just like it says.
"if seventeen times a number is subtracted from eleven times the number, the result is fifty-seven."
11n - 17n = 57
-6n = 57
n = 57/-6
n = -9.5
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Check this on your calc: enter 11(-9.5) - (17*-9.5)
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