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The sum of twice a number and five is fifteen. Find the number.

User Tay
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Answer:

abcdefghlijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

User Jacob Groundwater
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hi <3

we need to form an equation

lets call our unknown number 'x'

so now we have:

2x + 5 = 15

subtract 5 from both sides

2x = 10

divide both sides by 2 to get your answer of:

x = 5

hope this helps :)

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