Question

The product of some negative number and 4 less than twice that number = 336. find the number

Answer 1

x(2x-4)=336

Answer 2

x(2x-4) =336

Answer 3

x^2-2x-168=0
(x-14)(x+12)=0
x=-12

Answer 4

x^2-2x-168=0
(x-14)(x-12)=0
x=14 or -12
since we want a negative number, -12
-12 -28

Answer 5

x(2x-4)=336
x(x-2)=168
x^2-2x-168=0

Answer 6

ok - I was trying to do
-x+2x-4=336
Thank you very much for your help everyone :-)