2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
Whatever the variable was.
The number is -13.
Not by itself. Fourteen (14) is a number (noun) or a numeral (determiner or adjective used with nouns). In the construction "he jumped fourteen times" the term "fourteen times" becomes an adverbial, in the same sense as the adverbs twice or thrice.
"Minus a negative number" is the same as "plus a positive number" so you have a positive plus a positive number - making a bigger positive number.
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2 times a number minus 17 plus 20 times a number minus 9 is the same as 2x - 17 + 20x - 9 = 22x - 26
Whatever the variable was.
The number is -13.
Thrice. Thrice means exactly the same thing, but is shortened just as in once and twice.
Antony says, "You all did see upon the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse." Thrice means three times, in the same way that twice means two times.
plus times plus = plus minus times plus = minus plus times minus = minus minus times minus = plus so when you subtract a number it is the same as adding its negative; for example 7 - 4 = 3 7 + (1)(-4) = 3
-424Four times the unknown number
The same as a positive one. If you are multiplying a positive number by a negative, the answer will be negative. If you are multiplying a negative number by a negative, the answer will be positive.
Not by itself. Fourteen (14) is a number (noun) or a numeral (determiner or adjective used with nouns). In the construction "he jumped fourteen times" the term "fourteen times" becomes an adverbial, in the same sense as the adverbs twice or thrice.
a variable minus a number and the same variable is b-6b= -5b
When you minus a negative number it is the same as adding a positive number, since minus a negative number is a plus. So 48 minus (-12) is 48 + 12 = 60