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A number is divided by 3 and then 5 is subtracted from the quotient. The result is 1. What is the number?
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A number is divided by 3 and then 5 is subtracted from the quotient. The result is 1. What is the number?

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Answer:
18

equation:
18 ÷ 3 = 6
6 - 5 = 1
User Roman Barzyczak
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18

(x/3) - 5 = 1
x/3 = 6
x = 18
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