Question

The difference between a number and three is multiplied by negative six. The result is eighteen. What is the number?

Write an equation that can be used to find the number, .
Solve the equation you wrote in part A to find the value of the number. Include all of your work in your answer.

Answer 1

answer is the number is 0

Step-by-step explanation:

difference means minus or -

a number means x

and means plus or +

'difference between a number and three is multiplied by negative six'

means

-6 * (x-3)

'result is' means = or equal

-6 * (x-3) = 18

"what is the number'? means

what is x?

-6 * (x-3) = 18

-6x+18 = 18

-6x = 0

x = 0 <--- answer