SOLUTION: 17 is four less than 8 times a number. find the number........I am thinking this must be a mistake....my daughter is in 7th grade and doing simple equations....all the rest of her

Question 517105: 17 is four less than 8 times a number. find the number........I am thinking this must be a mistake....my daughter is in 7th grade and doing simple equations....all the rest of her homework answers were whole numbers
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let be the number

Add to both sides

Maybe they decided to throw in a fraction,
or it is a misprint
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