SOLUTION: {{If three is subtracted from five times a number, the result is less than six times the number.}} Please show me how to "find the Number". Thank You so much.

SOLUTION: {{If three is subtracted from five times a number, the result is less than six times the number.}} Please show me how to "find the Number". Thank You so much.

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Question 290982: {{If three is subtracted from five times a number, the result is less than six times the number.}} Please show me how to "find the Number".
Thank You so much.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let n be the number.
Now what do you know about the number?
the result is means =
less than means subtract from

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