Five times the sum of a number and 3 is the same as 3 multipled by 1 less than twice the number. What is the number?
Let the number be=N
5N + 3=3(2N - 1)
5N + 3=6N - 3, isolate N
3 +3=6N -5N
N=6
ANOTHER of these weirdly worded questions...when I read it I thought of THIS:
5 (n+3) = 3 (2n-1) solve for n
5n + 15 = 6n -3
18 = n
