SOLUTION: If 5 times the value of a number is increased by 3, the result is 28. What is the number?
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Question 978371: If 5 times the value of a number is increased by 3, the result is 28. What is the number?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number we need to find.
Then you have an equation
5x + 3 = 28.
Hence,
5x = 28 - 3,
5x = 25,
x = 5.
Answer. x = 5.
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