Question

A number decreased by 30 is the same as 14 minus 3 times the number. What is the number?

Answer 1

The answer is `11`.

Explanation:

First off, we're going to have to plot out the question -

`x - 30 = 14 - 3x`

First, what I want to do is to get all the numbers to one side, and all the unknown variables to the other, so what I'm going to do is add `30` to each side of the equal mark, I also want to add `3x` to both sides, now what I have is

`4x = 44`

After that, we divide `x` by `4` to get `1x`, and we do that to `44` too, so we get.

`x = 11`