# If three times the difference of the number and 9 is −3, what is the number?

Nasir Sullivan 2022-09-27 Answered
If three times the difference of the number and 9 is −3, what is the number?
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Answered 2022-09-28 Author has 8 answers
As three times the difference of the number and 9 is −3,
the difference of the number and 9 is $-\frac{3}{3}=-1$
As the difference of the number and 9 is $-\frac{3}{3}=-1$,
this means the number is less than 9 by one
Hence number is 9−1=8
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