Tell whether each number is a solution to the problem modeled by the following equation. Mystery Number: Five more than -8 times a number is 29. What is the number?
Let the mystery number be represented by n. The equation is 5+(-8)n = 29.
Is 3 a solution to the equation?

Hannah is 3 years older than twice her brother joey’s age. joey is 2 years old. how old is hannah? show all of your work! the number of students is five more than seven times the number of teachers. there are 10 teachers. how many students are there? be sure to show all of your work!

How do i start to solve? would appreciate a walk-thru! a bird sitting 16ft above the ground in an apple tree dislodges an apple. after how many seconds does the apple land on the ground? (assuming that no branches will interfere with it's fall)

Solve this 364x-64x=300x and 12(x2–x–1)+13(x2–x–1)=25(x2–x–1)