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Can someone help me write an equation and solve it for this word problem? Two is subtracted from a number, and then the difference is multiplied by 5. The result is 30. Find the…

Can someone help me write an equation and solve it for this word problem? Two is subtracted from a number, and then the difference is multiplied by 5. The result is 30. Find the…
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Can someone help me write an equation and solve it for this word problem?

Two is subtracted from a number, and then the difference is multiplied by 5. The result is 30. Find the number.

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The number is 8, because if 2 is subtracted from 8 and 8 - 2 = 6 then 6 * 5 = 30

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User Tomasz Bartnik
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30/5=6+2=8
Eight would be the number

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