Question

sara says. "if you subtract 14 from my number and multiply the difference by -4, the result is -80." What is Sara's number?​

Answer 1

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

-80/-4=20+14=6

Answer 2

Answer:

34

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve this equation by giving Sara's number a variable.

Let it be x.

Then we solve by simply interpreting the problem step by step.

"If you subtract 14 from my number..."

x - 14

"...and multiply the different by -4..."

-4(x-14)

"...the result is -80"

-4(x-14) = -80

Now that we have our equation, we can solve for x.

1.) Use distributive property to expand.

-4x + 56 = -80

2.) Subtract 56 from both sides

-4x = -136

3.) Divide by -4

x = 34

Sara's number is 34