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Larry's math teacher did not want to announce her age. She told her students if

they could solve the riddle, it would reveal how old she was. Her riddle stated: "The
product of my age and five, then decreased by twenty and finally increased by my
age times negative three is fifty." How old was Larry's math teacher? Hint: Write the
equation first, then solve to find the missing part.

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Answer:

age is 35

Explanation:

5a - 20 + (-3a) = 50

2a - 20 = 50

2a = 70

a = 35

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