document.write( "Question 176190: if sarah subtracts five times her number from 24,she gets 4. what is sarah number? write an equation \n" ); document.write( "
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Call Sarah's number x. Then subtracting 5 times her number from 24 is equivalent to
\n" ); document.write( "\"24-5x\"
\n" ); document.write( "Since it is equal to 4, we have that
\n" ); document.write( "\"24-5x=4\"
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract 24 from both sides:
\n" ); document.write( "\"-5x=-20\"
\n" ); document.write( "Last, divide both sides by -5:
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4\"
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