SOLUTION: IF you double a number and then add 16, you get 2/5 of the original number. What is the original number?

Question 754996: IF you double a number and then add 16, you get 2/5 of the original number. What is the original number?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Either the description is a difficulty or the management of the numbers is a difficulty. I'll "translate" the wording into numbers and you tell me if you need more help with handling the numbers.

Let the number be w.
, but somehow the description seems strange.
The left side is "double the number and add 16".
The righthand side is "you get 2/5 of the original number".
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