SOLUTION: pablo has 5 less than thrice the number of hats that Juan has. If pablo has 25 hats, how many hats does Juan have?

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Question 1171604: pablo has 5 less than thrice the number of hats that Juan has. If pablo has 25 hats, how many hats does Juan have?
Answer by ikleyn(52874) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be how many hats Juan has.

Then thrice the number that Juan has is 3x.

Pablo has 5 less than that.

From this point, create/write an equation for x and then solve it.


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