Question

three less than five times a number is seventeen/ whats the answer?

Answer 1

answer is two please check it out

Answer 2

The number is 4.

Given - Expression

Find - Number

Solution - Let the number be x. Now, representing the given information about expression in mathematical expression form -

5x - 3 = 17

Shifting the number to Right Hand Side of the equation to find the value of x

5x = 17 + 3

Performing addition on Right Hand Side to find the value of x

5x = 20

Now shifting 5 to Right Hand Side to find the value of x

x = $\frac{20}{5}$

Performing division to find the value of x

x = 4

Hence, the number is 4.

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