Question

One-third times the difference of a number and 5 is Which equation best shows this? One possible first step in solving the equation in the above problem is to . The value of the number is .

Answer 1

the value of x is 3

Explanation:

Answer 2

Let X be the number:

The difference between a number and 5 is subtraction, which would be written as X-5

Then for 1/3 that number multiply the result by 1/3.

The equation would be 1/3(X-5)