Question

Exercise 2. Solve each of the following problems.
1.Five times a number increased by 8 is 32. What is the number?

2.Twice the sum of a number and 10 is 44. What is the number?

3. Eight less than three times a number is 36 more than one fourth of the number. What is the number?

4. The sum of two consecutive even integers is less than 55 but greater than 21. What is the number?

5 Ana's age is twice the age of Lorna. If the sum of their ages is no more than 72, find the age of the two.
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Answer 1

Answer:

let the number be x

1. 5x+8=32

5x=32-8

5x=24

x=24÷5

x=4.8

2. 2x+10=44

2x=44-10

2x=34

x=34÷2

x=17

sorry i can't answer rest