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

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Question 124884: when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.
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when six is subtracted from five times certain number, the result is sixty-nine. find the number.


From the information given in this problem, you know that:
69=5x-6
Now all you have to do is solve.


Add 6 to both sides:
75=5x


Divide both sides by 5:
15=x


So, your number is 15.


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