SOLUTION: What number added to 85 gives a sum which is five less then six times the original number?

Question 664760: What number added to 85 gives a sum which is five less then six times the original number?
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x + 85 = 6x-5
Group and isolate x on one side
85 + 5 = 6x - x
90 = 5x
Divide both sides by 5
x = 18
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