When 2 times a number is subtracted from 7 times a number the result is 5. What is the number?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-16T06:38:40

The number is #1#.

Assume the number to be #x#. So according to the question

#2 times# a number is subtracted from #7# and the result is #5#.

The equation will be:

#7 - 2x = 5#

Now we have to solve for #x#:

#=> 7 - 2x = 5#

#=> 2x = 7 - 5#

#=> 2x = 2#

#=> x = 1#