document.write( "Question 828485: Five times a number taken away from 100 is 10 more than that number.find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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Five times a number taken away from 100 is 10 more than that number.
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\n" ); document.write( "100 - 5n = n + 10
\n" ); document.write( "100 - 10 = n + 5n
\n" ); document.write( "90 = 6n
\n" ); document.write( "n = 90/6
\n" ); document.write( "n = 15
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\n" ); document.write( "Check: 100 - 5(15) = 15 + 10 \n" ); document.write( "
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