SOLUTION: When the quantity of the sum of 5 times a number and 7 is decreased by 1, the result is 1 more than 6 times the number.
What is the equation that models the verbal description, an
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Question 967128: When the quantity of the sum of 5 times a number and 7 is decreased by 1, the result is 1 more than 6 times the number.
What is the equation that models the verbal description, and what is the number? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! When the quantity of the sum of 5 times a number and 7 is decreased by 1, the result is 1 more than 6 times the number.
What is the equation that models the verbal description?
(5n+7)-1 = 6n+1
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and what is the number?
5n+6 = 6n+1
n = 5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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