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Six times a number plus 4 is the same as the numver minus 11

User Rick Rat
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lets write the info of the problem as an equation and solve it, the unknown number is x:
6x + 4 = x - 11
that is what the problem statement says, review it and understand it.
Now we solve:
6x + 4 = x - 11
6x - x = -4 - 11
5x = -15
x = -3
that is the unknown number
User Serban Teodorescu
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