SOLUTION: 4 more than 6 times a number x is -8. how do you translate from a verbal phrase to solve it?

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Question 780966: 4 more than 6 times a number x is -8. how do you translate from a verbal phrase to solve it?
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A number:

6 times a number:

4 more than 6 times a number:

is:

-8:



Add -4 to both sides

Multiply both sides by

Substitute your answer for in and do the arithmetic to check your work.

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