SOLUTION: Sixteen more than three times a number is equal to the difference between 1 and twice the number. Find the number

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Question 1168717: Sixteen more than three times a number is equal to the difference between 1 and twice the number. Find the number
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Give a variable to the number to be found, for example, v.

16%2B3v=1-2v-------this is the description as an equation literally.