SOLUTION: Please help me solve Three times a number increased by 44 is the same as the opposite of the number. Find the number. What is the opposite of a number?

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Question 161281: Please help me solve Three times a number increased by 44 is the same as the opposite of the number. Find the number. What is the opposite of a number?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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3x+%2B+44+=+-x+ the 'opposite" is just the negative of the original number
4x+=+-44+
x+=+-11
so 3* (-11) + 44 = -33+44 = 11 which is the 'opposite" of (-11)