SOLUTION: if -14 is added to a number and the sum is double, the result is -11 less than the number. Find the number.

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Question 6462: if -14 is added to a number and the sum is double, the result is -11 less than the number. Find the number.
Answer by srinivas123(23) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the number x
Given that
(2{x+ (-14}) = x-(-11).
----> 2x-28 = x+11
----> x = 39.
hence the number is 39.