document.write( "Question 581028: Could someone please help me with this problem?
\n" ); document.write( "Jo Ellen found that if the product of a number and 5 is increased by 20, the result is 28 less than the opposite of the number. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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Jo Ellen found that if the product of a number and 5 is increased by 20, the result is 28 less than the opposite of the number.
\n" ); document.write( " What is the number?
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\n" ); document.write( "let x = \"the number\"
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "-x = \"the opposite of the number\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Just write an equation for what it says
\n" ); document.write( "5x + 20 = -x - 28
\n" ); document.write( "5x + x = -28 - 20
\n" ); document.write( "6x = -48
\n" ); document.write( "x = -48/6
\n" ); document.write( "x = -8, it's opposite would be +8
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\n" ); document.write( "Check this solution in the original equation
\n" ); document.write( "5(-8) + 20 = +8 - 28
\n" ); document.write( "-40 + 20 = -20
\n" ); document.write( "-20 = -20 \n" ); document.write( "
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