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Three times the sum of a number and five times the number is 36. What is the number?

Three times the sum of a number and five times the number is 36. What is the number?
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Three times the sum of a number and five times the number is 36. What is the number?

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Three times the sum of a number and five times the number is 36:
3(x + 5x) = 36
3(6x) = 36
18x = 36
x = 2

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the number is 2
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