document.write( "Question 617290: find a number if 25 less than 3 times the number equals eight times the number obtained when 5 is subtracted from the number \n" ); document.write( "
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Let n = \"a number\"
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\n" ); document.write( "find a number if 25 less than 3 times the number equals eight times the number obtained when 5 is subtracted from the number
\n" ); document.write( "3n - 25 = 8(n - 5)
\n" ); document.write( "3n - 25 = 8n - 40
\n" ); document.write( "-25 + 40 = 8n - 3n
\n" ); document.write( "15 = 5n
\n" ); document.write( "n = 15/5
\n" ); document.write( "n = 3
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\n" ); document.write( "See if that check out in the original statement:
\n" ); document.write( "3(3) - 25 = 8(3 - 5)
\n" ); document.write( "9 - 25 = 8(-2)
\n" ); document.write( "-16 = -16 \n" ); document.write( "
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