SOLUTION: if x, y, and z are consecutive multiples of 5 counting from samller to largest then, what is x+ y in terms of z?

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Question 290284: if x, y, and z are consecutive multiples of 5 counting from samller to largest then, what is x+ y in terms of z?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hint: Recall that a multiple of 5 is in the form where 'q' is some integer (ie whole number). So "if x, y, and z are consecutive multiples of 5", then , , where 'm', 'n', and 'p' are integers. But we know that the multiples are consecutive. So this means that and . So we then get , ,
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