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The sum of twice a number and three times a number is triple the quantity of five more than a number. Find the number.

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

First you have to translate the words to numbers into an understandable equation like this...

[tex]2x+3x=3(x+5)[/tex]

Now we can solve for x...

[tex]2x+3x=3(x+5)\\2x+3x=3x+15\\5x=3x+15\\2x=15\\x=7.5[/tex]

So the number is 7.5

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