document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=915731>Question 915731</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The product of negative three and a number is twenty-four. how do you translate this into an equation and then solve? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Product means the result of a multiplication. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we need to multiply \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   -3 * (some number)   =   24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  -3 * X = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by -3 on both sides...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X = -8 </SPAN>\n" );
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