SOLUTION: what is the sum of -7 times a number and 8 times the sum of the number as an algebraic equation

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Question 1046016: what is the sum of -7 times a number and 8 times the sum of the number as an algebraic equation
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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the unknown number = x

(-7x) + 8x = x