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Seventeen less than five times a number is equal to eleven more than three times the number. What is the number?

Answer :

Answer:

  • 14

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number is x, then we have the following equation:

  • 5x - 17 = 3x + 11
  • 5x - 3x = 11 + 17
  • 2x = 28
  • x = 14

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