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Haha thanks :D So add 7 to the left to get rid of the -5 and - 2 (and add it to the right of course), but how do you move the variable from the right?

The word problem: If the product of a number and -5 is reduced by 2, the result is 26 less than twice the opposite of the number. What is the number? I wrote it out like this: n x (-5) - 2 = 2(-n) - 26 I'm really at a loss here. Normally when there's a variable, my teacher says to get the...

Thanks both of you for your time! I'm sure I'll be seeing y'all around sooner or later :P :)

Hey guys. So first off, I'm homeschooled. I have a math class every week though, but only being weekly, it's really easy to forget things my teacher explained and all, and in addition to that, I have a bad memory, and I resent math (or rather, numbers. ::P) Alright, so I remember doing these...