Answer
$q=-3$
Work Step by Step
We first subtract 4 from both sides to get
$-3q=13-4$ or $-3q=9$
Then we divide both sides by $-3$ to get,
$q=-3$
Checking gives:
$-3*-3+4=13$ or $9+4=13$
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