SOLUTION: Complete. The sum of negative twenty-nine and thirty is negative thirty-three more than a number. What is that number? 717 exceeds twelve times a number by 57. What is the nu

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Question 152861: Complete.
The sum of negative twenty-nine and thirty is negative thirty-three more than a number. What is that number?
717 exceeds twelve times a number by 57. What is the number?

Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x=the number
-29+30=-33+x
-33+x=1
-33+33+x=1+33
x=34
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Let x=the number
717-12x=57
717-717-12x=57-717
-12x=-660
-12x/-12=-660/-12
x=55
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Ed