SOLUTION: the product of two and three less than a number is a negative four. find the number the product of three more than twice a number and two is fourteen. find the number.

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Question 673593: the product of two and three less than a number is a negative four. find the number
the product of three more than twice a number and two is fourteen. find the number.
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) About Me  (Show Source):
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A) 2(3-n) = -4
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B) (3+2n)2 = 14
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2(3) - 2n = -4
6 - 2n = -4
6 + 4 = 2n
10 = 2n
10%2F2+=+2n%2F2
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2(3) + 2(2n) = 14
6 + 4n = 14
4n = 14-6
4n=8
4n%2F4+=+8%2F4
highlight_green%28n=2%29
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