document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=728664>Question 728664</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I translate the following sentence into an equation and then solve it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" if eight times a number is subtracted from four times a number, the result is negative fifty-six.\" </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #445557 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ohtheirony><B>ohtheirony(35)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ohtheirony><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=ohtheirony><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=445557\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x=number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x= eight times the number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=four times the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x-4x=-56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=-56 (combine like terms)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-14 (divide each side by 4)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you want to check, put -14 back in your original equation, 8x-4x=-56 as x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8(-14)-4(-14)=56 </SPAN>\n" );
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