Three times this opposite of a number is 40 greater than 5 times the number. What is the number?

Question

Three times the opposite of a number is 40 greater than 5 times the number. What is the number?

Answer 1

Hi Dayn W

Let the number = x

Let the opposite = -x

According to the information given

3(-x) = 40 + 5x

Now just solve for x

Give it a try