SOLUTION: When a numbet is doubled and 5 is subtracted from the result, the answer is 17. What is the numbe?

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Question 957980: When a numbet is doubled and 5 is subtracted from the result, the answer is 17. What is the numbe?
Answer by macston(5194)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n=number
2n-5=17
2n=22
n=11 ANSWER: The number is 11

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