SOLUTION: Twenty-five more than four times a number is equal to the difference between 1 and four times the number. Find the number. so this is a problem in the book and i have no idea how

Question 900677: Twenty-five more than four times a number is equal to the difference between 1 and four times the number. Find the number. so this is a problem in the book and i have no idea how to start this. I have no notes relating to this type of problem

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Twenty-five more than four times a number is equal to the difference between 1 and four times the number. Find the number. so this is a problem in the book and i have no idea how to start this. I have no notes relating to this type of problem

let number be x
25 more than 4 times x= 4x+25
This is equal to difference between 1 and 4 times the number = 1-4x
equate both
4x+25= 1-4x
4x+4x= 1-25
8x=-24
/8
x=-3
the number is -3
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