SOLUTION: Please help with: five times a number, subtracted from ten, is triple the number. Find the number

Algebra ->  Equations -> SOLUTION: Please help with: five times a number, subtracted from ten, is triple the number. Find the number      Log On


   

Question 159626This question is from textbook
: Please help with: five times a number, subtracted from ten, is triple the number. Find the number This question is from textbook

Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
10-5N=3N
-5N-3N=-10
-8N=-10
N=-10/-8
N=5/4 ANSWER.
pROOF:
10-5*5/4=3*5/4
10-25/4=15/5
(40-25)/4=15/4
15/4=15/4