Three times a number plus 12 minus 5 times the same number is 22. what is the number?
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This is Pythagorean's Theorem, with one leg being 10 and the hypotenuse being 16. Using those values in the theorem looks like this:
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Take the square root of both sides to find that b = 12.5
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Take the square root of both sides to find that b = 12.5