SOLUTION: five times the difference of a number from ten is forty? What is the nummber?
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Question 987365: five times the difference of a number from ten is forty? What is the nummber?
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
hi there,
five times the difference of a number
from ten is forty
5(10 - x) = 40
50 - 5x = 40
-5x = 40 - 50
-5x = -10
x = 2
The number is 2.
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