Question 957530
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The product of a number and -6 amounts to five times the sum of that number and 33.
find the number
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        I read this problem differently from that by @lwsshak3.

        My solution and my answer are different.



-6x = 5(x+33)

-6x = 5x + 165

-11x = 165

x = 165/(-11) = -15.


<U>ANSWER</U>.  The number is -15.