Question 943869
x = the number


4x + 17 = -74 - 3x {seventeen more than 4 times the number equals the difference between -74 and 3 times the number}
7x + 17 = -74   {added 3x to each side}
7x = -91 {subtracted 17 from each side}
x = -13   {divided each side by 7}


the number is -13
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