SOLUTION: If 5 times a number is increased by 50, the result is the same as when 200 is decreased by the number. Find the number.
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Question 378744: If 5 times a number is increased by 50, the result is the same as when 200 is decreased by the number. Find the number.
Answer by rfadrogane(214) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 5 times a number is increased by 50, the result is the same as when 200 is decreased by the number. Find the number.
Sol'n:
let x - the number
5x+50 = 200-x
6x = 150
x = 25-----answer
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