SOLUTION: The difference between a number and its three-fifths is 50. What is the number?
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Question 931732: The difference between a number and its three-fifths is 50. What is the number?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x-3/5x=50
2/5x=50
x=50/(2/5)
x=50*5/2
x=125
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