SOLUTION: If 16 is added to 9, times a number, the result is 79. Find the number

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Question 1001607: If 16 is added to 9, times a number, the result is 79. Find the number
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Translating the English into symbols we get
16 + 9x = 79
Subtract sixteen and divide by nine and get
9x = 63
x = 7