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Question 965764: I am having trouble understanding how to write out the solution for these kind of word problems. Is there some online help that can be recommended to study?
*If the product of a number and -25 is decreased by 108, the result is 16 less than the product of the same number and -10. What is the number?
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If the product of a number and -25 is decreased by 108, the result is 16 less than the product of the same number and -10. What is the number?

Let n be the number.
n%28-25%29-108=-16%2Bn%28-10%29, a direct translation or transcription.