SOLUTION: Please help me solve: the product of -15 and a number x plus 16 is -29 times a number increased by 86.

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Question 519404: Please help me solve: the product of -15 and a number x plus 16 is -29 times a number increased by 86.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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-15x+16=-29x+86
-15x+29x=86-16
14x=70
/14
x=5 , the number