Eight subtracted from six times a number is -134. What is the number?
A) Translate the statement above into an equation that you can solve to answer this question. Do not solve it yet. Use x as your variable.
solve for x
Eight subtracted from means
something - 8
six times a number means 6x
is means =
can you write the equation?
To translate the statement into an equation, we can start by understanding the different parts of the statement:
1. "Six times a number": This implies that we need to multiply 6 by a particular number. Therefore, the expression for this part is 6x, where x represents the unknown number.
2. "Eight subtracted from six times a number": This implies that we need to subtract 8 from the previous result. So the expression becomes 6x - 8.
3. "is -134": This implies that the result of the previous expression is equal to -134.
Combining these parts, we can form the equation:
6x - 8 = -134
Now we can solve this equation for x.
Step 1: Add 8 to both sides:
6x = -134 + 8
6x = -126
Step 2: Divide both sides by 6:
x = -126 / 6
x = -21
Therefore, the number we're looking for is -21.