SOLUTION: Translate into an equation and solve. Five times the difference between three times a number and four is ten. Find the number. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Question 21717: Translate into an equation and solve. Five times the difference between three times a number and four is ten. Find the number.
Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by Anglophile(11)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5(3n-4) = 10
15n-20 = 10
15n = 30
n= 2

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