SOLUTION: i am thinking of a number. if 7 is subtracted from the no. and the resultg is divided by 5 the quotient is 63. what number am i thinking of.

Question 376825: i am thinking of a number. if 7 is subtracted from the no. and the resultg is divided by 5 the quotient is 63. what number am i thinking of.
Answer by scrappydeb(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let your number be . When you subtract 7 from your number, the result is . To divide that result by 5 gives . The result of this division is 63, so you have:

Now that the equation is set up, you need to solve for x:

Multiply both sides by 5:
Add 7 to both sides
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