Three subtracted from three times a number is -36. What is the number?

Answer 1

"A number" is x.

"3 times a number" is 3x.

So 3x - 3 (three subtracted from three times a number) is -36.

3x - 3 = -36

3x - 3 + 3 = -36 + 3

3x = -33

3x/3 = -33/3

x = -11

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