SOLUTION: The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product of -2 and the difference of the same number from 3. Find the number.
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Question 152541: The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product of -2 and the difference of the same number from 3. Find the number. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product of -2 and the difference of the same number from 3. Find the number.
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Let x = " a number"
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An equation for the statement:
"The product of 3 and the sum of a number and 5 is the same as the product of -2 and the difference of the same number from 3."
3(x+5) = -2(3-x)
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3x + 15 = -6 + 2x
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3x - 2x = -6 -15
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x = -21
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Try this in the equation:
3(-21+5) = -2(3 - (-21)); minus a minus is a plus
3(-16) = -2(24)
-48 = -48
