Question

please help John's age increased by 11 is 5 less than 5 times his age. How old is he? If x represents John's age, which of the following equations could be used to solve this problem? x + 11 - 5 = 5x x + 11 = 5x - 5 x + 11 = 5 - 5x

Answer 1

So x is John's age.
We can solve this problem by working backwards.
Since it's 5 times his age, we first do 5x.
And then since it's five less, we move on to 5x - 5
And then we add the John's age is increased by 11: 5x - 5 = x + 11
I hope this helped :)
(It should be the second one you listed)