Answer:X= -4
Step-by-step explanation:
6 less than the product of a number and 3 is -18.
Make each part of the sentence into numbers:
"the product of a number and 3": becomes X*(3), where X is the "number."
"6 less than": is -6, so we have:
X*(3) - 6
"is -18" means = -18
Put the segments into one equation and solve:
X*(3) - 6 = -18
3X-6=-18
3X = -12
X = -4
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See if this works: If X=-4, then the product of it and 3 is -12. Six less than -12 is -18. And that is correct. X= -4
