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Find a number that is 33 less than twice its opposite. Translate this sentence into an algebraic equation and solve to find the unknown number.

Find a number that is 33 less than twice its opposite. Translate this sentence into an algebraic equation and solve to find the unknown number.
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Find a number that is 33 less than twice its opposite. Translate this sentence

into an algebraic equation and solve to find the unknown number.

User Rodrigoelp
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-2x-33=x
simplify by adding 2x on both sides

-33=3x

divide by 3 on both sides

x=-11

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