SOLUTION: I am a two-digit number. If you divide me by 3 or subtract 10 from me, the result will be the same. What number am I?

SOLUTION: I am a two-digit number. If you divide me by 3 or subtract 10 from me, the result will be the same. What number am I?

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Question 620508: I am a two-digit number. If you divide me by 3 or subtract 10 from me, the result will be the same. What number am I?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two-digit number.
If you divide me by 3 or subtract 10 from me, the result will be the same.
What number?
;
let x = the number
:
A simple equation
= x - 10
multiply both sides by 3
x = 3(x - 10)
x = 3x - 30
30 = 3x - x
30 = 2x
x = 30/2
x = 15, you can check this in the original equation
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