SOLUTION: Solve for the unknown number of the mathematical sentence: "15 times the sum of a number and 99 gives 1530."

SOLUTION: Solve for the unknown number of the mathematical sentence: "15 times the sum of a number and 99 gives 1530."

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Question 1172531: Solve for the unknown number of the mathematical sentence: "15 times the sum of a number and 99 gives 1530."
Answer by ikleyn(52873) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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First divide 1530 by 15;

next subtract 99 from this quotient.

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