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Write the sentence as an equation use x to represent a number

“Six times the difference of 11 and a number is -72”

Answer 1

6 × (11 - x) = -72 => x = 23

or

6 × (x - 11) = -72 => x = -1

Explanation:

there are at least two possibilities, as the "difference between two numbers a and b can be excised as either a-b or b-a.

in any case, just following the sentence

Six times = 6 ×

difference of 11 and a number = 11 - x

is -72 = -72

so,

6 × (11 - x) = -72

and that is true for x = 23

but

the other direction is possible too

6 × (x - 11) = -72

and that is true for x = -1