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Peter says, "If you subtract 16 from my number and multiply the difference by -6, the result is -66." What is Peter's
number?
Peter's number is?

User Shahana
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Peter's number is 27

Explanation:

You would need to multiply -6 with 11 to get -66. 11+16=27 this 27-16=11 so 11×(-6)=-66.

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