SOLUTION: If 18 more than 3 times a number is -27, what is the number?
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Question 934232: If 18 more than 3 times a number is -27, what is the number?
Answer by Horlaye(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the x represent the unknown number
From the sentence the equation goes thus
18+3x = -27
3x = -27 - 18
3x = -45
x = -45/3
x = -15
Therefore the unknown number = x = -15
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