Question 156177
Just take it step-by-step as you read the problem:
"If 2 is added (+2) to five times a number (5*n), the result is (=) to 5 more (+5) than four times the number (4*n)"
So we put this altogether to get:
2+5n = 5+4n Now that you have an equation in which the variable, n, stands for the number that you are to find, you can solve it for n.
2+5n = 5+4n Subtract 4n from both sides.
2+5n-4n = 5+4n-4n Simplify this by combining like-terms.
2+n = 5 Now subtract 2 from both sides.
2-2+n = 5-2 Simplify.
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