Hilda adds 5 to a number, then multiplies the sum by negative 2. the result is 6. write an equation to find the number, x. what is the number? enter your answer in the box.

We know from mathematics that an equation is a statement of an equality containing one or more variables. So in this exercise we want to write an equation that allows us to find the number x. For this purpose, we have the following statements:

Finally, the equation is:

We can know the value of the number by solving the equation in the box. So we have that our equation is:

Isolating x:

Finally, -8 is the number x.

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