Question

Five times a number is equal to three times the sum of the number and 4. What is the number?
Can you tell me how to do this?​

Answer 1

Answer:

6

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Make the equation first.

5x = 3(x+4)

Then this is a matter of solving.

5x = 3x +12

5x - 3x = 12

2x = 12

x = 12/2

x = 6

You can verify this by replacing 6 as x.

Then,

5 x 6 = 3(6+4)

30 = 3 x 10

30 = 30

LHS = RHS

Hence verified.

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