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If you multiply a number by five and then subtract negative ten, the difference is negative thirty. What is the number?

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Answer:

-8

Explanation:

Let n represent the number. The stated relationship is ...

5n -(-10) = -30

5n = -40 . . . . . . . add -10

n = -8

The number is -8.

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