SOLUTION: The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2. what is the number? The answer is -1/22, but I don't know how they got that.

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Question 643769: The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2. what is the number? The answer is -1/22, but I don't know how they got that.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The product of 6 and nine times a number is the same as the difference of ten times the number and 2. what is the number? The answer is -1/22,
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Let the number be "x":
6*9x = 10x-2
54x = 10x - 2
44x = -2
x = -1/22
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Cheers,
Stan H.