SOLUTION: If 12 is subtracted from 5 times a certain number, the result is 88.What is the number ?
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Question 803348: If 12 is subtracted from 5 times a certain number, the result is 88.What is the number ?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number be x
5 times the number = 5x
12 less
5x-12=88
5x=100
x=20
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