Question

When 2 times a number is subtracted from 7 times a number the result is 5. What is the number?

Answer 1

Assume the number to be

x

. So according to the question

2

×

a number is subtracted from

7

and the result is

5

.

The equation will be:

7

−

2

x

=

5

Now we have to solve for

x

:

⇒

7

−

2

x

=

5

⇒

2

x

=

7

−

5

⇒

2

x

=

2

⇒

x

=

1