Ok, so my Geometry teacher gave us this summer packet to basically brush us up on algebera before going into Algebra II next year. I'm doing good so far, except I've stumbled upon a word problem. These kind of problems always confused me :/ Could you guys help?
The problem is: The sum of 4 times a number and 5 is -7. Find the number.
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Edited by Funky Bob: 7/11/2013 1:01:32 AM[quote]The sum of 4 times a number and 5 is -7[/quote] 4x + 5 = -7 4x = -12 x = -3 (barring any embarrassing errors on my part)