Question

Aiden wrote a riddle: Five less than 1/5 times a number is same as the sum of the number and 1/3. Find the number

Answer 1

`(1)/(5) n- 5 = n + (1)/(3)`

Simplify.


`n - 25 = 5n + (5)/(3)`


`-4n = 25 + (5)/(3)`


`-12n = 75 + 5`


`-12n = 80`


`n = -6 (2)/(3)\ or\ -(20)/(3)`