document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=896492>Question 896492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you multiply an unknown number by 6 and then add 5, the result is 7 less than the unknown number plus 1 multiplied by 3. Find the ‘known number’. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #543577 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><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=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=543577\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x be the unknown number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+5=((x+1)*3)-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Start inside the parentheses by multiplying x+1 by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+5 = (3x+3)-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+5 = 3x-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 3x from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+5=-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract 5 from each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = -9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide each side by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's check.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply an unknown number by 6 (6*-3=-18)and then add 5 (-18+5=-13), the result is 7 less than the unknown number plus 1 (-3+1=-2) multiplied by 3 (-2*3=-6). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Seven less than -6 is -13. </SPAN>\n" );
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