Question

Twenty is five more than the product of ten and what decimal number?

Answer 1

`x=1.5`

Explanation:

what you want to do here is convert the words into variables and place them correctly into an equation. We know that 20 is a definite and are told how big it is (5 more than 10 of a specific number). since we don`t know the decimal number, we will call that `x`.

construct your equation as such:

`20=5+10x`

and then solve for `x`

subtract 5 from both sides

`15=10x`

divide both sides by 10 to isolate `x`

`1.5=x` or `x=1.5`