SOLUTION: the product of 5 and 3 more than twice the number is 85. what is the number? It has to have 5 steps Data: Variable: Plan: Equation: Solution:

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Question 288498: the product of 5 and 3 more than twice the number is 85. what is the number?
It has to have 5 steps
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Variable:
Plan:
Equation:
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the product of 5 and 3 more than twice the number is 85. what is the number?
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Equation:
5(2x+3) = 85
10x + 15 = 85
10x = 70
x = 7
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Number = 2*7+3 = 17
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Stan H.