SOLUTION: Eight times a number is decreased by three times the same number, giving a difference of 20. What is the number?
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Question 750010: Eight times a number is decreased by three times the same number, giving a difference of 20. What is the number?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's use x as the number:
8x-3x=20
Combine like terms:
5x=20
Divide by 5
x=4
Make sense?
RJ
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