SOLUTION: if -13 is added to a number and the sum is doubled the result is 14 less than the number. what is the number

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Question 359155: if -13 is added to a number and the sum is doubled the result is 14 less than the number. what is the number
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Let x be the number

writing as reading the queston

2(x -13) = x -14

Simplify and Solve

2x - 26 = x - 14

x = 12

checking our answer

2*-1 = 12 -14 = -2