document.write( "Question 1015981: If the product of -3 and the opposite of a number is decreased by 7, the result is 1 greater than the number. What is the number? \n" ); document.write( "
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If the product of -3 and the opposite of a number is decreased by 7, the result is 1 greater than the number. What is the number?
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\n" ); document.write( "let n = the number
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\n" ); document.write( "-n = the opposite of that number
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\n" ); document.write( "The equation from the statement given:
\n" ); document.write( "(-3*-n) - 7 = n + 1
\n" ); document.write( "3n - 7 = n + 1
\n" ); document.write( "3n -n = 1 + 7
\n" ); document.write( "2n = 8
\n" ); document.write( "n = 8/2
\n" ); document.write( "n = 4 is the number \n" ); document.write( "
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