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Five times a number, subtracted from fourteen, is triple the number. What is the number?

Five times a number, subtracted from fourteen, is triple the number. What is the number?
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Five times a number, subtracted from fourteen, is triple the number. What is the number?

User Netom
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5x - 14 = 3x
-14=-2x
7=x
User Ali Yesilli
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14 - 5x = 3x

14 = 3x + 5x

14 = 8x

14/8 = x

7/4 = x


hope this helped c:
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