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find a number such that 8 times the number is 36 greater than the opposite of the number. Explain also please. ♥
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find a number such that 8 times the number is 36 greater than the opposite of the number. Explain also please. ♥

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Let's turn this sentence into an equation:

8n = -n + 36

Then solve:

9n = 36 => n=4
User Brentvatne
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8x=36-x
+x +x
16x=36
---- -----
16 16

X= 36/16 by solving for x in an equation
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