SOLUTION: the sum if four times a number and three is the same as the difference if twice the number and eleven. Find the number.

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Question 143842: the sum if four times a number and three is the same as the difference if twice the number and eleven. Find the number.

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
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4X+3=2X-11
4X-2X=-11-3
2X=-14
X=-14/2
X=-7 ANSWER.
PROOF:
4*-7+3=2*-7-11
-28+3=-14-11
-25=-25