IsabelCastaneda IsabelCastaneda

02-04-2015
Mathematics

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Aiden wrote a riddle: Five less than 1/5 times a number is same as the sum of the number and 1/3. Find the number

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RedRicin RedRicin

02-04-2015

\(\frac{1}{5} n- 5 = n + \frac{1}{3}\)

Simplify.

\(n - 25 = 5n + \frac{5}{3}\)

\(-4n = 25 + \frac{5}{3}\)

\(-12n = 75 + 5\)

\(-12n = 80\)

\(n = -6 \frac{2}{3}\ or\ -\frac{20}{3}\)

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