SOLUTION: Translate “the difference between seven times a number and nine is equal to the difference between ten times the number and three” into an equation and solve.

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Question 476759: Translate “the difference between seven times a number and nine is equal to the difference
between ten times the number and three” into an equation and solve.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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“the difference between seven times a number and nine is equal to the difference
between ten times the number and three”
7x - 9 = 10x - 3
-9 + 3 = 10x - 7x
-6 = 3x
x = %28-6%29%2F3
x = -2
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See if that works:
7(-2) - 9 = 10(-2) - 3
-14 - 9 = -20 - 3, it does