SOLUTION: Vicky is thinking of a number. Twice the number increased by 1 is 5 less than 3 times the number. What is the number?

SOLUTION: Vicky is thinking of a number. Twice the number increased by 1 is 5 less than 3 times the number. What is the number?

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Question 336498: Vicky is thinking of a number. Twice the number increased by 1 is 5 less than 3 times the number. What is the number?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's have x be the number.
2x+1=3x-5
subtract 2x from both sides and add 5:
x=6
There we go, she's thinking 3.
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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