Given:
The difference between eight times a number and three is equal to negative nineteen.
Required:
We want to find that number
Explanation:
Take the unknown number x
Now,
The difference between eight times a number and three is equal to negative nineteen means
[tex]\begin{gathered} 8x-3=-19 \\ 8x=-19+3 \\ 8x=-16 \\ x=-2 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final answer:
-2
