SOLUTION: The product of a number and -8 gives eight times the sum of that number and 36. Find the number.

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Question 1102659: The product of a number and -8 gives eight times the sum of that number and 36. Find the number.
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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number is x
-8x=8(x+36)
-8x=8x+288
-16x=288
x=-18 ANSWER
-18*(-8)=144. That is 8*(-18+36)=8(18)