If you multiply a number by six and then subtract negative ten, the difference is negative twenty-six. What is the number?

Answer 1

Let X be the unknown number.

6X - (-10) = -26

Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the positive value of that number.

6X + 10 = -26

subtract 10 from both sides to get

6X = -36

Divide by 6 to get the final answer

X = -36/6 = -6