SOLUTION: one more than triple a number is five less than double a number

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Question 961504: one more than triple a number is five less than double a number
Answer by EdenWolf(517) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = the number that we are trying to find.

3x+1=2x-5

Now solve for x.

x+1=-5
x=-6

The number is -6.