9 times a number has 1 subtracted from it. The result is trebled. The answer is the same if you add 7 to twice the number and multiply the result by 7. What is the number?
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-10
Step-by-step explanation:
let the number be x
9 times the number=9x
1 is subtracted from that
so it becomes 9x-1.....1
eq 1 is same as
7 added to twice the number=2x+7
and multipling result by 7 = 7(2x+7)......2
now as given eq 1 and 2 are equal
9x-1=7(2x+7)
9x-1=14x+49
-5x=50
x=-10
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