SOLUTION: If three is subtracted from a number and the difference is doubled, the result is five times the number. Find the number.

SOLUTION: If three is subtracted from a number and the difference is doubled, the result is five times the number. Find the number.

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Question 499497: If three is subtracted from a number and the difference is doubled, the result is five times the number. Find the number.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number.
2(x-3)=5x
2x-6=5x
3x=-6
x=-2
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Ed
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