SOLUTION: three is twenty-one divided by the sum of a number and five

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Question 524094: three is twenty-one divided by the sum of a number and five
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three is twenty-one divided by the sum of a number and five
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Let x = the number
then
3 = 21/(x+5)
3(x+5) = 21
3x+15 = 21
3x = 6
x = 2