SOLUTION: The difference between a number and -4 is equal to the product of the number and -14. What is the number? Translate "the difference between a number and -4 into a expression answer

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Question 775510: The difference between a number and -4 is equal to the product of the number and -14. What is the number? Translate "the difference between a number and -4 into a expression answer
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Let the number be represented by n.
n-(-4)=-14n or n+4=-14n
n+4-n=-14n-n
4=-15n
4%2F-15=%28-15n%29%2F-15
n=-0.266666......