Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - Translating Words into Algebraic Symbols - Exercises - Page 248: 22

Answer

$$7x-11=32$$

Work Step by Step

We can call our unknown number "$x$". Seven times a number can be written as $7x$; that value decreased by eleven is $7x-11$. So, $7x-11=32$
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