SOLUTION: What is a real-world problem that can be represented by the expression 5x+10?

Question 818001: What is a real-world problem that can be represented by the expression 5x+10?
Answer by FightinBlueHens(27) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jane is playing a game with Mike. Right now, Mike is winning, he has 10 more than 5 times the points that Jane has. If Jane has 47 points, how many points does Mike have?
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Martha is doing an inventory of all the goods in her shop. For the brand Toms shoes, she should have recieved an order that would have brought the total number of Toms shoes in her store to 10 more than 5 times the number of shoes she has now. If Martha has 89 pairs of Toms in her store, how many would she have had, if she had recieved the delivery?
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