SOLUTION: The sum of three times a number and seven more than the number is the same as the difference between -17 and twice the number. What is the number?

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Question 1046369: The sum of three times a number and seven more than the number is the same as the difference between -17 and twice the number. What is the number?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x+x+7 = 2x-17
4x+7 = 2x-17
2x = -24
x = -12
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Check:
3(-12)+-12+7 = 2(-12)-17
-36+-5 = -24=17
-41 = -41 Correct
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John

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of three times a number and seven more than the number is the same as the difference between -17 and twice the number. What is the number?
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