SOLUTION: A number is multiplied by 5. If 1 is added to the product, you get 6. What is the number?

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Question 326816: A number is multiplied by 5. If 1 is added to the product, you get 6. What is the number?
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If 1 is added to the product you get 6, so if 1 is taken away from 6 you get the product, namely 5. 5 multiplied by some number equals 5 clearly means that "a number" is 1.

John