SOLUTION: Five times a number and seven is the same as three times the number and eleven. Find the number.
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Question 571959: Five times a number and seven is the same as three times the number and eleven. Find the number.
Answer by Maths68(1474) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number
Five times of x = 5x
Three times of x = 3x
5x+7=3x+11
5x-3x=11-7
2x=4
2x/2=4/2
x=2
Number is 2
Check
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5x+7=3x+11
5(2)+7=3(2)+11
10+7=6+11
17=17
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