A secret number is added to 6. The total is multiplied by 5 to get 50. What is the secret number?
Take this algebraic expression in pieces:
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n = 4
Take this algebraic expression in pieces:
- Let the secret number be n.
- Added to means we add 6 to n: n + 6
- The total is multiplied by 5: 5(n + 6)
- The phrase to get means equal to, so we set 5(n + 6) equal to 50
To solve this equation for n, we type it in our search engine and we get:
n = 4