document.write( "Question 957530: The product of a number and -6 amounts to five times the sum of that number and 33.find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The product of a number and -6 amounts to five times the sum of that number and 33.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "        I read this problem differently from that by @lwsshak3.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-6x = 5(x+33)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-6x = 5x + 165\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-11x = 165\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 165/(-11) = -15.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER. The number is -15.\r
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