Question

When 7 is added to four times a number the result is -5 what is the number?

Answer 1

X=-3 is the answer to the problem

Answer 2

7 + 4x = -5

7 is being added to 4 multiplied by 'a number' which we can consider x, and the result of that would be -5.

-7 -7

4x = -12

/4 /4

x = -3