SOLUTION: five times a number, increase by two less than twice the number is forty. find your number. 5a+(2a-2)=40 Stuck on showing how the answer turns out...6.

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Question 539558: five times a number, increase by two less than twice the number is forty. find your number.
5a+(2a-2)=40 Stuck on showing how the answer turns out...6.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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5a%2B2a-2=40 Start with the given equation.


7a-2=40 Combine like terms on the left side.


7a=40%2B2 Add 2 to both sides.


7a=42 Combine like terms on the right side.


a=%2842%29%2F%287%29 Divide both sides by 7 to isolate a.


a=6 Reduce.


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Answer:

So the solution is a=6


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