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# If -3 is 6 more than x, what is the value of x/3?

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Updated on: 08 Oct 2018, 05:08
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If -3 is 6 more than x, what is the value of x/3?

(A) -9
(B) -6
(C) -3
(D) -1
(E) 1

How do you translate this?

Isn't this -3 = x +6
or -3 = x-6

Originally posted by rajman41 on 31 Jul 2012, 05:31.
Last edited by Bunuel on 08 Oct 2018, 05:08, edited 3 times in total.
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31 Jul 2012, 05:39
rajman41 wrote:
If -3 is 6 more than x, what is the value of x/3?

(A) -9
(B) -6
(C) -3
(D) -1
(E) 1

How do you translate this?

Isn't this -3 = x +6
or -3 = x-6

"-3 is 6 more than x" means that $$-3=x+6$$, so $$x=-3-6=-9$$. Therefore $$\frac{x}{3}=\frac{-9}{3}=-3$$

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