SOLUTION: The difference of three times a number and five times the same number is 4 find the numbers

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Question 1001220: The difference of three times a number and five times the same number is 4 find the numbers
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the number, x. Then
3x-5x=4
-2x=4
Now divide by -2 and get
x = -2