SOLUTION: There is a number such that if 1/5 of it is subtracted from 50 and this difference is multiplied by 4, the result will be 70 less than the number. What is the number?

Question 1055368: There is a number such that if 1/5 of it is subtracted from 50 and this difference is multiplied by 4, the result will be 70 less than the number. What is the number?

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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That is the description as given, LITERALLY transformed into an equation. The unknown number in the description to be found is implied as "n".

Reason you might not have understood, was that I made a mistake. What you see up there now has been corrected. "Seventy less than the number" is what I forgot when I wrote it the first time.
Answer by MathTherapy(10553) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There is a number such that if 1/5 of it is subtracted from 50 and this difference is multiplied by 4, the result will be 70 less than the number. What is the number?

Correct number:
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