SOLUTION: If 6 times a number is added to -7, the result is equal to 13 times the number. Find the number. Now the instructions say to let x represent the number... so i think this

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Question 295297: If 6 times a number is added to -7, the result is equal to 13 times the number. Find the number.
Now the instructions say to let x represent the number...

so i think this is how it goes but i'm unsure of the rest:
6(x-7)=13x
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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6x-7=13x
not 6*(x-7)