SOLUTION: The difference of 5 times a number and 9 equals the number increased by two. What is the number?

Question 897939: The difference of 5 times a number and 9 equals the number increased by two. What is the number?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The difference of 5 times a number and 9 equals the number increased by two" translates to the algebraic equation

Let's solve for x

Start with the given equation.

Add to both sides.

Subtract from both sides.

Combine like terms on the left side.

Combine like terms on the right side.

Divide both sides by to isolate .

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Answer:

So the solution is

The unknown number is which is in decimal form.
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