SOLUTION: If you multiply a number by three and then subtract negative ten, the difference is negative five. What is the number?

Question 943284: If you multiply a number by three and then subtract negative ten, the difference is negative five. What is the number?
Answer by TimothyLamb(4379) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = the number
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3x - (-10) = -5
3x + 10 = -5
3x = -5 - 10
3x = -15
x = -5
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