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Question 836268: Anyone available to help me with this word problem please?
If 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number. Find the number.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Anyone available to help me with this word problem please?
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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"If 6 is subtracted from five times a number, the result is 2 more than six times the number" translates to the following equation:

5x+-+6+=+6x%2B2


Now solve for x

5x+-+6+=+6x%2B2

5x+=+6x%2B2+%2B+6

5x+=+6x%2B8

5x-6x+=+8

-x+=+8

x+=+-8

So the number is -8