SOLUTION: five times a number, increase by two less than twice the number is forty. find your number. 5a+(2a-2)=40 Stuck on showing how the answer turns out...6.

Question 539558: five times a number, increase by two less than twice the number is forty. find your number.
5a+(2a-2)=40 Stuck on showing how the answer turns out...6.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given equation.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Add to both sides.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

Reduce.

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