SOLUTION: If four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. Find the number.

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Question 121282: If four times a number is added to 8, the result is three times the number added to 5. Find the number.
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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4x+8=3x+5
4x-3x=5-8
x=-3 answer.
proof
4*-3+8=3*-3+5
-12+8=-9+5
-4=-4