Answer:
Let x = the number
"Fifteen more than" means addition
"Three times a number" is multiplication
"three less than" is subtraction, as is the term difference
Putting it all together, we have
7 - (15 + 3x) = (9 - 5x) - 3
-8 + 3x = 6 - 5x
-8 = 6 - 8x
-14 = -8x
14/8 = 7/4 = x
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