leylarivera245 leylarivera245
  • 01-03-2020
  • Mathematics
contestada

Five times the difference of twice a number and twelve is negative twenty. Find the number. I need help with this guys please someone help

Respuesta :

PollyP52 PollyP52
  • 01-03-2020

Answer:

The number is 4.

Step-by-step explanation:

The difference of twice a number and 12 is 2x - 12.

Multiplying by 5 gives 5(2x - 12)

So 5(2x - 12) = -20

Solving for x

10x - 60 = -20

10x  = -20 + 60 = 40

x = 40/10

x = 4.

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

If u add 125 to 0.5 of a number ,the result is 800 which equation would help you to find the number?
Two numbers are the ratio 3:2. If the smaller number is 24, find the larger number.
PLEASE HELP, WILL GIVE EXTRA PTS!!!! State the domain, range, x-intercept, and y-intercept of each word problem. Also decide if the domain should only include
which Colonial area or areas placed a high value on religious freedom
At the local grocery store, cans of beans are arranged in rows. The number of cans in each row forms an arithmetic sequence. There are 93 cans in row 1, 88 cans
China has a ____ government
Which pair shows processes that are the reverse of one another?
a set of data to make a prediction about an unknown value. the correlation for your data is -0.015. How confident can you be that your predicted value will be r
If y= x^2-2x and u=2x+1, then (dy/du) =
When the number 2.35 is rounded to contain 2 significant figures it becomes 2.4?