document.write( "Question 124884: when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number. \n" ); document.write( "

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when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From the information given in this problem, you know that:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"69=5x-6\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 6 to both sides:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"75=5x\"$

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 5:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"15=x\"$

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, your number is 15.

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