SOLUTION: 15 less than the product of a number and eight,equals 27 more than 5 times the sAmerican number,find the number
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Question 673781: 15 less than the product of a number and eight,equals 27 more than 5 times the sAmerican number,find the number
Answer by ReadingBoosters(3246) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
8n - 15 = 27 + 5n
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Isolate n to one side of the equation
8n - 5n = 27 + 15
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Combine like terms
3n = 42
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