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Translate the following sentence into an equation, and then, solve the equation. Negative three times a number is the same as four less than the product of negative seven and five.

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Steps:

So firstly, let's translate our sentence (let x = unknown number):

  • "negative three times a number": -3x
  • "is the same as": =
  • "four less than the product of negative seven and five": (-7 × 5) - 4

Putting it together the algebraic equation is [tex]-3x=(-7*5)-4[/tex]

From here we can solve for x as such:

[tex]-3x=(-7*5)-4\\-3x=-35-4\\-3x=-39\\x=13[/tex]

Answer:

In short:

  • The equation is [tex]-3x=(-7*5)-4[/tex]
  • The unknown number is 13.
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