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Jim picks a number. He doubles that number, th adds five, and gets 41 as his result. What was the original number Jim picked? Answer with supporting work

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Jim picked the number 18. All you do is subtract 41 and 5 and you get 36. And divide 32 by 3 and you get 18
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