SOLUTION: 1. Three times a number equals 40 more than five times the number .what is the number? 2. A number equals four less than three times the number . what is the number? 3. Eight

Question 294597: 1. Three times a number equals 40 more than five times the number .what is the number?
2. A number equals four less than three times the number . what is the number?
3. Eight times a number equals 24 more than two more times the number. what is the number?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1. Three times a number equals 40 more than five times the number .what is the number?
3x = 5x + 40
-40 = 5x - 3x
-40 = 2x
x = -20
Check
3(-20) = 5(-20) + 40
-60 = -100 + 40
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2. A number equals four less than three times the number . what is the number?
x = 3x - 4
4 = 3x - x
let you complete this and the next one, check your solutions in the original eq
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3. Eight times a number equals 24 more than two more times the number.
what is the number?
8x = 2x + 24
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