SOLUTION: If the product of a number and -7 is reduced by 3, the resulting number is 33 less than twice the opposite of that number. What is the number?

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Question 1169234: If the product of a number and -7 is reduced by 3, the resulting number is 33 less than twice the opposite of that number. What is the number?
Answer by ikleyn(52788) About Me  (Show Source):
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    -7x - 3 = 2*(-x) - 33

    -7x - 3 = -2x - 33

    33  - 3 = -2x + 7x

    30      = 5x

     x      = 30/5 = 6.      ANSWER