Question 836268
Anyone available to help me with this word problem please?
If 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number. Find the number.

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"If 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number" translates to the following equation:


{{{5x - 6 = 6x+2}}}



Now solve for x


{{{5x - 6 = 6x+2}}}


{{{5x = 6x+2 + 6}}}


{{{5x = 6x+8}}}


{{{5x-6x = 8}}}


{{{-x = 8}}}


{{{x = -8}}}


So the number is <font color="red">-8</font>