SOLUTION: when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.

Question 124884: when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.
Answer by iluvbuilding429(41) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.

From the information given in this problem, you know that:

Now all you have to do is solve.

Add 6 to both sides:

Divide both sides by 5:

So, your number is 15.

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