SOLUTION: If the product of some number and three is increased by eight, the result is five times the number. What is the number?

SOLUTION: If the product of some number and three is increased by eight, the result is five times the number. What is the number?

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Question 350126: If the product of some number and three is increased by eight, the result is five times the number. What is the number?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be .

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