SOLUTION: If you subtract 98 from ten times a number and the result is equal to -338, what is the number?

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Question 198648: If you subtract 98 from ten times a number and the result is equal to -338, what is the number?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the number=x.
10x-98=-338
10x=-240
x=-24
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Ed