SOLUTION: please help me with the follwing question,please can you help me work it out: If i multiply a certain number by 5,i get the same answer as when i subtract the number from 48. What

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Question 342357: please help me with the follwing question,please can you help me work it out: If i multiply a certain number by 5,i get the same answer as when i subtract the number from 48. What is the number?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let's call the number N.
Translate the words into expressions with N
"multiply a certain number by 5"
5N
"subtract the number from 48"
48-N
The two values are equal.
5N=48-N
Add N to both sides.
5N%2BN=48-N%2BN
6N=48
Divide both sides by 6
N=48%2F6
highlight%28N=8%29