Answer:
The sentence you have can be expressed in algebra (using x as 'the number'):
2x + 5 = x / 3. (We add 5 to the left side because that product is less than the right side.)
Now all you have to do is to combine the x terms on one side of equation, putting the constant on the other side of the equation, and solve for x.
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Let the unknown number that we are solving for be x.
The product of a number and 2 means 2*x
5 less than the quotient of a number and 3 means x/3 - 5.
So,
2*x = x/3 - 5 subtract x/3 from both sides of the equation
2x - x/3 = -5 , now find the least common denominator for the left side of the equation
6x/3 - x/3 = -5
(6x - x)/3 = -5
5x/3 = -5, now multiply both sides of the equation by 3
5x = -15 now divide both sides of the equation by 5
x = - 3. So the number is -3.
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