SOLUTION: Ten more than three times a number is 25. What is the number?

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Question 1173452: Ten more than three times a number is 25. What is the number?
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Hi

Ten more than three times a number(x) is 25. What is the number?

Let x be the number

Write as You Read

 3x + 10 = 25

Solve

3x = 15

x =highlight_green%28+5%29 is the number   and 3*5 + 10 = 25 checks.

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