<span><span>Answer by </span>nerdybill(7384) (Show Source):You can put this solution on YOUR website! <span>The sum of 5 times a number and -2, added to nine times a number. . Looking at the first part: The sum of '5 times a number' and '-2' we get 5x + (-2)
or 5x - 2 . The above is then "added to nine times a number" to get: 5x - 2 + 9x Combining x's we get: 14x - 2 </span> <span>Answer by </span>mizjoice(22) (Show Source):You can put this solution on YOUR website! <span>Take it piece by piece: 5 times a number, rewrite as 5x plus -2, nothing to rewrite there, that's already simplified,
added to nine times a number, rewrite as 9x. Now, rewrite as an equation: 5x-2+9x = (See, it already looks better!) Now combine like terms: 5x + 9x -2= 14x - 2</span></span>
