SOLUTION: The product of 3 and a number decreased by 17 is 154. What is the number

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Question 1129105: The product of 3 and a number decreased by 17 is 154. What is the number
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Ambiguous....

It could be "(The product of 3 and a number) decreased by 17 is 154:

%283%2Ax%29-17+=+154

or it could be "The product of 3 and (a number decreased by 17) is 154:

3%2A%28x-17%29+=+154

Either equation should be easy to solve with basic algebra.