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Hilda adds 5 to a number, then multiplies the sum by negative 2. The result is 6. Write and solve an equation to find the number, x. What is the number?

Hilda adds 5 to a number, then multiplies the sum by negative 2. The result is 6. Write and solve an equation to find the number, x. What is the number?
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Hilda adds 5 to a number, then multiplies the sum by negative 2. The result is 6. Write and solve an equation to find the number, x.

What is the number?

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User Zurechtweiser
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Answer:

I think it will be like that:

(X+5)×-2=6

-2x-10=6

-2X=16

X=-8

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