SOLUTION: if 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number. find the number.

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Question 321920: if 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number. find the number.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the number be x
5 times the number = 5x
subtract 6 from it
so it will be 5x-6
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6 times the number = 6x
2 more = 6x+2
5x-6=6x+2
5x-6x=2+6
-x=8
x=-8