Question

seven times the number is 36 less than 10 times the number

Answer 1

Answer:

12

Step-by-step explanation:

let the number be x.

acc. to question

7x = 10x-36

36= 10x-7x

36= 3x

x=12

Answer 2

GIVEN,

7 times the number is 36 less than 10 times the number.

TO FIND,

the number

SOLUTION,

LET THE NUMBER BE 'X'

writing down the above statement in the form of an equation,

given that 7 times the number is 36 less than 10 times that number.

we get,

7X= 10X-36

now solving the given equation,

3X= 36

X= 12

HENCE THE NUMBER FOR THE GIVEN STATEMENT IS 12.