SOLUTION: If seven times a number decreased by eight is the same as two times the number increased by twenty seven. What is the number?

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Question 644515: If seven times a number decreased by eight is the same as two times the number increased by twenty seven. What is the number?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hint:

If seven times a number decreased by eight is the same as two times the number increased by twenty seven.

translates to

7n - 8 = 2n + 27

Solve that for 'n' to find the unknown number.

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