SOLUTION: the product of 5 and the sum of a number and 8 is 10 less than 30 times the number. Find the number.
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Question 630976: the product of 5 and the sum of a number and 8 is 10 less than 30 times the number. Find the number.
Answer by Maths68(1474) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number
5(x+8)=30x-10
5x+40=30x-10
5x-30x=-10-40
-25x=-50
-25x/-25=-50/-25
x=2
So number is 2
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