Math Alegrabra help please?

Eight less (-8) than the product (multiplication is involved) of eleven and a number (the number is the variable) is (equals) negative nineteen. This can be interpreted as

11x -8= -19

Add 8 to both sides

11x= -11

Divide both sides by 11

x=-1.

The number is, therefore, -1.

"Eight Less than the product of eleven and a number": Your first half of the equation.

11x-8=....

"negative nineteen": Your second half of the equation.

11x-8=-19

Solve:

11x-8+8=-19+8

11x=-11

(11x)/11=(-11)/11

x=-1

let x be the number.

11x - 8 = -19

Add 8 to each side of the equation, and you get

11x - 8 + 8 = -19 + 8

11x = -11

Divide each side by 11 and you get

x = -1

11x - 8 = -19

X = 1

11x - 8 = -19

add 8 to both sides:

11x = -11

divide both sides by 11:

x = -11/11 = -1

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11n - 8 = -19

11n = -11

n = -1