document.write( "Question 827202: When five times a number is decreased by 1, it has the same value as four times the number increased by 15.what is number \n" ); document.write( "
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When five times a number is decreased by 1, it has the same value as four times the number increased by 15.what is number
\n" ); document.write( "let n = the number
\n" ); document.write( "just write an equation for what it says
\n" ); document.write( "5n - 1 = 4n + 15
\n" ); document.write( "5n - 4n = 15 + 1
\n" ); document.write( "you can finish this, I am sure.
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\n" ); document.write( "Check your solution in the original equation
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