SOLUTION: if 63 subtracted five times, results is half the original number. find the number.

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Question 850768: if 63 subtracted five times, results is half the original number. find the number.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
if 63 subtracted five times, results is half the original number
Question states***
|Multiplying thru by 2 so as all denominators = 1
2x - 2*5*63 = x
x = 630
CHECKING our answer***
630 - 315 = 315 = 630/2 = 315
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