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Three times a number plus 12 minus 5 times the same number is 22. what is the number ?

User Bumsik Kim
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3x+12-5(x)=22
x=-5
you just have to put the problem into numbers
User George Kourtis
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3x+12-5=22
3x+7=22
3x=15
x=5
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