Question

23 decreased by the product of 44 and an unknown number is 199. What is the value of the unknown number.?

Answer 1

23-4x=19
-23. -23
-4x. =. -4
——. ——
-4. -4
X. =. 1

Answer 2

So you write out your equation, which is going to be 23-44x=199. Subtract 23 from both sides and get -44x=176. Divide both sides by -44 and get x=-4.