SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this question? nine times a number minus three is equal to five times that same number added to seven. What is the value of the number?

SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this question? nine times a number minus three is equal to five times that same number added to seven. What is the value of the number?

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Question 425546: Can you please help me with this question?
nine times a number minus three is equal to five times that same number added to seven. What is the value of the number?
Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let assume number = x

9x - 3 = 5x + 7
=> 4x = 10
=> x = 10/4

x = 5/2

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