SOLUTION: Translate and solve: Thirty-five more than six time a nuber is the same as fifteen less than the same number. Find the missing value?

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Question 225413: Translate and solve: Thirty-five more than six time a nuber is the same as fifteen less than the same number. Find the missing value?
Found 2 solutions by rfer, solver91311:
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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6x+35=x-15
5x=-50
x=-10

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the number (I'm assuming you mean 'number' because I don't know what a 'nuber' is -- neither does my spell checker). Then six times the number is and thirty-five more than that is . Fifteen less than the original number is . These two quantities are equal ("is the same as"), so:



Just solve for .

John