SOLUTION: The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2. What is the number?

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Question 269576: The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2. What is the number?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = "a number"
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Just write an equation for what it says:
The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2.
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6*(9x) = 10x - 2
54x = 10x - 2
54x - 10x = -2
44x = -2
x = %28-2%29%2F44
x = -1%2F22 is the number
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Check solution in original equation
6*9*-1%2F22 = 10*-1%2F22 - 2
-54%2F22 = -10%2F22 - 44%2F22