SOLUTION: jack is thinking of a number. Eight more than the product of 5 and the number is 93. Find jack's number.

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Question 343879: jack is thinking of a number. Eight more than the product of 5 and the number is 93. Find jack's number.
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five times the number is ninety-three minus eight equals eighty-five, hence the number is eighty-five divided by five, hence the number is seventeen.
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