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Five times a number is 80 less than 7 times the number. Find the number.

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Answer:

The answer is 40.

Explanation:

If you do 40 x 5 the answer you get is 200. Which from there you can do 40 x 7 and get 280 which 280 - 200 is 80. Thus meaning the number would be 40. Hope this helps!

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