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zabato is thinking of a number. Three times the sum of the number and ten is the same as eight times the number. What is zabato's number
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zabato is thinking of a number. Three times the sum of the number and ten is the same as eight times the number. What is zabato's number

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Let
x be the number Zabato is thinking of.


3x + 10 = 8x

10 = 5x

2 = x

So the number is 2.
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