SOLUTION: If you double Emily’s age, subtract three and divide the result by five, the answer is five. How old is Emily?

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Question 1141048: If you double Emily’s age, subtract three and divide the result by five, the answer is five.
How old is Emily?
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let E be Emily's age.
Given:
Double Emily's age - 2E
Subtract by three and divide by 5 - %282E-3%29%2F5
Hence the equation for this problem would be:
%28%282E+-+3%29%2F5%29=5
Multiply both sides by 5. This cancels the 5 on the left side
%282E+-+3%29=25
Add 3 both sides to remove 3 from left side
2E+=+25%2B3
Divide both sides by 2 to isolate E - where E is Emily's age
E=14