SOLUTION: Five-times a number is the sum of that number and ten.

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Question 481836: Five-times a number is the sum of that number and ten.
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Hi,

Five-times a number is the sum of that number and ten.

Let x represent the number.

Write as we Read

   5x = x+10

   4x = 10

    x = 10/4 = 5/2