Thinking of a number
Julia thinks of a number. She multiplies it by 5 and then subtracts 14. The answer she gets is 46. What number did she originally think of?
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We can call this number x. Now we can create a formula.
ReplyDelete5x - 14 = 46
5x = 60
x = 12
Now we have our answer, 12