Eight less than 1/3 of a number N is -13. What's the number?

Answer 1

Greetings! Lets solve this shall we ?

So, we must find the number N of the equation. First, we must translate this sentence into a mathematical equation such that,

(1/3)N - 8 = -13................First, we add 8 to both sides to get

(1/3)N = -5............Then we multiply both sides by (3/1) such that

(3/1)(1/3)N = -5(3/1).........Finally,

N = -15

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