document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=708412>Question 708412</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the product of 7 and a number, less than 85, is negative 29. What is the number?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "negative 29 + 85= 56. 56-7=49 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #436112 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josh_jordan><B>josh_jordan(263)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josh_jordan><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=josh_jordan><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=436112\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> To solve this word problem, we need to convert it into an equation.  Let's first break down each part of the sentence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The product of 7 and a number\" -- product means multiplication.  So, 7 multiplied by some number.  Let's use the letter y to represent the unknown number.  Doing this, we can rewrite this as 7y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Less than 85\" -- less than means subtraction.  So, we will subtract 85 from 7y.  In other words, 7y - 85\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"is negative 29\" -- is means equals, so = -29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Put all of this together, and we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7y - 85 = -29\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can solve.  First, add 85 to both sides of the equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "85 - 85 + 7y = -29 + 85, giving us 7y = 56\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing both sides by 7 will give us y, which is our unknown number:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, our final answer is 8.  8 is the unknown number. </SPAN>\n" );
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