Fifty less than five times a number is one hundred. What is this number?

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Nigel Findlater · Answer 1 · 2021-07-19T21:37:50+0000

Answer:

-10 :)

Hey champ! Here's the 'splination!

equation: 50-5x=100

50=-5x. (subtract 50 from both sides)

-10=x (divide both sides by -5)