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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4X + 5 = -7 -7 - 5 = 4X -12 = 4X -12/4 = X X = -3