Question

Seven times a number minus the number is -48. Find the number

Answer 1

Answer:

the number should be -(8)

Explanation:

7x-(8) = -56 - 8 = -48

The reason I put it in the format that I did is because if you just put -8, that means that you would multiply 7 by -8 and then instead of subtracting -8 from -56 you would be adding it to -56 so your answer would be incorrect. so by putting the negative outside of the parenthesis that means that the number isn't always going to be negative.

This may be wrong but I hope it helps.