SOLUTION: if one fifth of four times a number is 20.what is the number?

Algebra.Com
Question 697253: if one fifth of four times a number is 20.what is the number?
Answer by checkley79(3341)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/5*4X=20
4X/5=20
4X=20*5
4X=100
X=100/4
X=25 ANS.
PROOF:
1/5(4*25)=20
1/5*100=20
100/5=20
20=20

RELATED QUESTIONS

Four-fifth of a number is 20 less than origional number. find the... (answered by ewatrrr)
One-fifth of a number, subtracted from 20, is the same as one-fourth of 32. (answered by missgigid)
One number exceeds three times A second number by 3. Half of the larger number exceeds... (answered by ewatrrr)
the square of a number minus four times the number equals one. What is the... (answered by Alan3354)
one fifth of a number is 12. find the... (answered by stanbon)
one-fifth of a number is 14 find the number (answered by benazir.sj@gmail.com)
one fifth of 620 is what... (answered by ewatrrr)
One third of a number exceeds its one-fifth by 6.what is the... (answered by ikleyn)
Suppose that four times the square of a number equals 20 times that number. what is the... (answered by checkley71)