Seven times the sum of a number and one is 42. What is the number?

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Seven times the sum of a number and one is 42. What
is the number?
A) Translate the statement above into an equation that
you can solve to answer this question. Do not solve it
yet. Use x as your variable.
The equation is
B) Solve your equation in part [A] for x.
Answer: x =
Transcribed Image Text:Seven times the sum of a number and one is 42. What is the number? A) Translate the statement above into an equation that you can solve to answer this question. Do not solve it yet. Use x as your variable. The equation is B) Solve your equation in part [A] for x. Answer: x =
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