SOLUTION: please help me to solve this question {{{find a number which is 24 more than its two-fifth}}}

SOLUTION: please help me to solve this question {{{find a number which is 24 more than its two-fifth}}}

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Question 969395: please help me to solve this question
Answer by Murthy(22) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let x be the number

x=2x/5+ 24
3x/5=24
x=40
Hence, the number is 40
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