Question

when a number is added to 1/5 of itself, the result is 24. the equation that models this problem is n+1/5n=24. what is the value of n?

Answer 1

+
1
5
n
=
24

⇒
5
n
+
n
5
=
24

⇒
6
5
n
=
24

⇒
n
=
24
×
5
6

⇒
n
=
20