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Example Question #71 : How To Find The Solution To An Equation
Ten less than one-half of a number is sixty. What is the number?
Possible Answers:
Correct answer:
Explanation:
If we let be the number, then "one-half a number" can be written as
"Ten less than one-half of a number" can be written as
Set this equal to sixty and solve:
By the addition property of equality:
By the multiplication property of equality:
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