Question

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Answer:

• 1+3x = -89
• x = -30

Step-by-step explanation:

If we let x represent "a number", then "three times a number" is 3x. The usm of that and 1 is ...

  1 +3x . . . . . . the sum of 1 and 3 times a number

That is said to be -89, so we have the equation ...

  1 +3x = -89

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To solve this equation, we can subtract 1 from both sides:

  3x = -90

Then we can divide by 3 to find x.

  (3x)/3 = -90/3

  x = -30