A number is doubled and then the product is increased by 6. This sum is then multiplied by -3, and the result is 54 greater than three times the opposite of the number. What is the number?
+36916 A number is doubled 2x
and then the product is increased by 6 2x+6
This sum is then multiplied by -3 (-3)(2x+6)
and the result is 54 greater than three times the opposite of the number. (- 3)(2x+6) - 54 = (3)(-x)
(if the opposite of a number is the number * -1 ) x = -24
