SOLUTION: if sarah subtracts five times her number from 24,she gets 4. what is sarah number? write an equation
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Question 176190: if sarah subtracts five times her number from 24,she gets 4. what is sarah number? write an equation
Answer by EMStelley(208) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call Sarah's number x. Then subtracting 5 times her number from 24 is equivalent to
Since it is equal to 4, we have that
Subtract 24 from both sides:
Last, divide both sides by -5:
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