SOLUTION: -4 times the sum of 6 times a number and 3 is 15

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Question 1034650: -4 times the sum of 6 times a number and 3 is 15
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the number x. Then we write
-4(6x + 3) = 15
Now solve
-24x - 12 = 15
-24x = 27
x = -27/24 = -9/8

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