Five more than eight times a number is the same as twenty-one less than a number.

Trent Carpenter

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2021-02-04

Five more than eight times a number is the same as twenty-one less than a number.

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Let x be the number.
Eight times the number is 8x. Five more than eight times the number is then 5+8x.
Twenty-one less than the number is x21.
Since five more than eight times the number is the same as twenty-one less than the number, then 5+8x=x21. To find x
5+8x=x21
5+7x=21
7x=26
x=267
The number is then 267

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