SOLUTION: The difference between a number and -4 is equal to the product of the number and -14. What is the number? Translate "the difference between a number and -4 into a expression answer

Question 775510: The difference between a number and -4 is equal to the product of the number and -14. What is the number? Translate "the difference between a number and -4 into a expression answer
Answer by cher781(8) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be represented by n.
n-(-4)=-14n or n+4=-14n
n+4-n=-14n-n
4=-15n

n=-0.266666......
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