SOLUTION: If 4 times a number is added to -7, the result is 3 more than twice the number. Find the number.

Question 957762: If 4 times a number is added to -7, the result is 3 more than twice the number. Find the number.
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call the number x, everybody's favorite variable. I have illustrated the problem and equation for you in the attached illustration. Our equation is:
-7+4x = 3+2x Add 7 on both sides and also subtract 2x on both sides, and you get:
2x= 10 Now divide both sides by 2:
x= 5
Check:
-7+4(5)= 3+2(5); -7+20= 3+10; 13=13 The answer is correct.

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