Question

Eight subtracted from seven times a number is -43. What is the number?

Answer 1

8-7x=-43.

-7x= -43-8.

-7x= -51.

x= 7.285714286~7.3

Answer 2

Answer: The number is -5 or its value is equivalent to -5.

Explanation:

So we are given the equation:

eight subtracted from seven times a number is -43

So we have to find what that unknown number is. We can do this by adding 8 to -43 which gives us -35. Now divide -35 by 7, and your answer is -5.

So the number is -5 or its value is equivalent to -5.