SOLUTION: please help me solve this: Doubling a number and subtracting it from 35 will result in triple the value of the number. What is the number?

SOLUTION: please help me solve this: Doubling a number and subtracting it from 35 will result in triple the value of the number. What is the number?

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Question 921659: please help me solve this: Doubling a number and subtracting it from 35 will result in triple the value of the number. What is the number?

Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number, then
35 - 2x = 3x
add 2x to both sides of =
5x = 35
x = 7
the number is 7
check the answer
35 - 14 = 21
21 = 21
answer checks

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