A number is multiplied by 5 and then 3 is subtracted from the product the result is 12 find the number

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Camila Douglas

15 May, 23:47

A number is multiplied by 5 and then 3 is subtracted from the product the result is 12 find the number

+3

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Amiah Berg · Answer 1

We can set this up as the equation 5x-3=12. Solve to find x, which is 3.

Amiah Collins · Answer 2

We can make an equation for this, if we call the number in question x, we know that first we had 5x and then 3 was taken from that to get 12

This gives us 5x - 3 = 12

We can then add 3 on both sides to get 5x = 15

Then we can divide both sides by 5 to get x = 3

So the number was 3