SOLUTION: i apologize ahead of time if this is in the wrong cat. how do you write an equation for this problem? the sum of a number and five times the number?? when i see it my mind goes

Question 14387: i apologize ahead of time if this is in the wrong cat.
how do you write an equation for this problem?
the sum of a number and five times the number??
when i see it my mind goes blank
any help would be appreciated

Answer by elima(1433) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the sum of a number and five times the number??
Sum is the answer to an addition problem, right? So you know the problem is going to be addition.
Let x be the number;
x+5x
=)
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