SOLUTION: five times the difference of eleven and a number is 125

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Question 575544: five times the difference of eleven and a number is 125
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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We write this as:
5(11-n)=125
There you go--you can solve it from here.
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