SOLUTION: if 2 is added to five times a number, the result is equal to 5 more than four times the number. Find the number.

SOLUTION: if 2 is added to five times a number, the result is equal to 5 more than four times the number. Find the number.

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Question 1185432: if 2 is added to five times a number, the result is equal to 5 more than four times the number. Find the number.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2 + 5x = 5 + 4x


5x - 4x = 5 - 2


   x    = 3.    ANSWER

Solved.

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The complexity level is 1 + 2 = 3.

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