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Question 781147: the product of five and a number decreased by 18 minus 4 times the same number is equal to -36. What is the number?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A number, c.
5c-18....?
5(c-18...)...?
Your description is ambiguous.
Your phrasing might intend, 5c-18-4c; or the phrasing might intend being, 5(c-18-4c); or it might mean, 5(c-18)-4c, or maybe it was intended to mean something else. Too many possibilities.
State the description precisely and the problem can be translated into clear symbolism.
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