SOLUTION: Sixteen less than six times a number is 20. What is the number?
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Question 350520: Sixteen less than six times a number is 20. What is the number?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number be x
6 times number = 6x
16 less
6x-16=20
add 16
6x-16+16=20+16
6x=36
/6
x=6
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