Question

10 subtracted from five times a number gives 40. Find the number

Answer 1

Answer:

The number is 10.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number to find be $x$. It has given that 10 subtracted from five times $x$ is equal to 40. So we obtain the equation,

$\implies 5x-10=40$

Add the number ten on both sides of the equation,

$\implies 5x=40+10=50$

Divide both sides of the above equation by the number five,

$x=\dfrac{50}{5} = 10$

So the number is 10.