How do you write the expression for Eight less than three times a number is -23?

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How do you write the expression for Eight less than three times a number is -23?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-23T16:24:17

$3 x - 8 = - 23$ $3x-8=-23$

The question does not instruct that the value of $x$ $x$ to be determined.

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Splitting the question into its component parts:

Eight less than: $\to ? - 8$ $" "-> ?-8$
three times a number $\to (3 \times ?) - 8$ $" "->(3xx?)-8$
is -23: $\to (3 \times ?) - 8 = - 23$ $" "->(3xx?)-8=-23$

let the unknown value be $x$ $x$ giving:

$3 x - 8 = - 23$ $3x-8=-23$

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