SOLUTION: If x represent the number in each case: 3 more than a number is 7. will the answer be 3x=-7

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Question 69106: If x represent the number in each case: 3 more than a number is 7.
will the answer be 3x=-7
Answer by rmromero(383) About Me  (Show Source):
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If x represent the number in each case: 3 more than a number is 7. 

We are going to write an equation out of the sentence.
Let x = the number

more than means addition
is means equal sign

x + 3 = 7