Question

1. Four times a number minus twenty-one is the same as six times

the number plus eleven. What is the number?

Answer 1

Answer: -16

Explanation:

Let the number be y

Four times a number minus twenty-one can be written as:

(4 × y) - 21 = 4y - 21

Six times the number plus eleven can be written as:

(6 × y) + 11 = 6y + 11

Combining both equations will give:

4y - 21 = 6y + 11

4y - 6y = 11 + 21

-2y = 32

y = 32/-2

y = -16

The number is -16