What is Six added to 3 times a number is equal to 4 less than 5 times the number?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-11T15:32:15

The number is 5.

Let "the number" #= n#

#6+3n=5n-4#

#6 +3n -5n = -4#

#6-2n=-4#

#-2n=-10#

#n=5#

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