Question 1200761:  if the product of 5 and a number is decreased by 7, the result is -22 
 Answer by ikleyn(52903)      (Show Source): 
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If the problem is to find the number, then make inverse operations in reverse order.
 
 
Doing this way, you first add 7 to -22, getting -15, 
and you then divide -15 by 5, getting the answer -3.
 
 
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