SOLUTION: A boy was asked to subtract 7 from a certain number and divide the result by five .instead he subtracted 5 and divided the result by7 his answer was 4 less than it should have been

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Question 1187023: A boy was asked to subtract 7 from a certain number and divide the result by five .instead he subtracted 5 and divided the result by7 his answer was 4 less than it should have been what was the given number
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28c-7%29%2F5 what was needed to do


%28c-5%29%2F7=c-4 what was really done

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