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The difference of 5 times a number and 8 is 27. Which equation below can be used to find the unknown number? a. (8 − 5) − n = 27 b. 8 − 5n = 27 c. 5n − 8 = 27 d. 8 + 5 − n = 27<…

The difference of 5 times a number and 8 is 27. Which equation below can be used to find the unknown number? a. (8 − 5) − n = 27 b. 8 − 5n = 27 c. 5n − 8 = 27 d. 8 + 5 − n = 27<…
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The difference of 5 times a number and 8 is 27. Which equation below can be used to find the unknown number?

a. (8 − 5) − n = 27
b. 8 − 5n = 27
c. 5n − 8 = 27
d. 8 + 5 − n = 27

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User Jani Jalkala
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answer is c i just did the test ;)

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User Rastasheep
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It would be C, because 5 times a number would be representative as 5n and "difference" is subtraction. So essentially you're subtracting 8 from 5n, which would look like 5n - 8
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