SOLUTION: Five times a number taken away from 100 is 10 more than that number.find the number
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Question 828485: Five times a number taken away from 100 is 10 more than that number.find the number
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Five times a number taken away from 100 is 10 more than that number.
find the number.
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Just write what it says:
100 - 5n = n + 10
100 - 10 = n + 5n
90 = 6n
n = 90/6
n = 15
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Check: 100 - 5(15) = 15 + 10
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