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If the product of a number and -5 is reduced by 7, the result is 15 less than three times the opposite of the number. Find the number.
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\n" ); document.write( "let n = the number
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\n" ); document.write( "-n = the opposite of the number
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\n" ); document.write( "-5n - 7 = 3(-n) - 15
\n" ); document.write( "-5n + 3n = -15 + 7
\n" ); document.write( "-2n = -8
\n" ); document.write( "n = -8/-2
\n" ); document.write( "n = +4
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that works
\n" ); document.write( "-5(4) - 7 = 3(-4) - 15
\n" ); document.write( "-20 - 7 = -12 - 15 \n" ); document.write( "

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