SOLUTION: Five times a number is divided by 7 more than that number. If the result is 8, then what was the original number?
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Question 1209049: Five times a number is divided by 7 more than that number. If the result is 8, then what was the original number? Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Five times a number is divided by 7 more than that number.
If the result is 8, then what was the original number?
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Let "n" be the number.
Write equation as you read the problem
= 8.
To solve it, multiply both sides by n+7 (which is not zero, according to the problem).
You will get
5n = 8(n+7)
5n = 8n + 56
-56 = 8n - 5n
-56 = 3n
n = = -18. ANSWER
