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forsale [732]
3 years ago
7

5 less than 3 times a number is 7. How would I write this as an equation

Mathematics
2 answers:
sladkih [1.3K]3 years ago
5 0
You want to break this down.

“5 less than” means you’ll subtract 5 from something.

That something is “3 times a number.” “3 times a number” means 3•x or 3x, since we’ll use x for that unknown number.

So, “5 less than 3 times a number” means “subtract 5 from 3x”: 3x-5

“Is” means “equals”. So 3x-5= something.

7, well, that’s 7.

So “5 less than 3 times a number is 7” means ”subtract 5 from 3x and set that equal to 7.”

3x-5=7
ValentinkaMS [17]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The equation would be 5-3x=7

Step-by-step explanation:

5 less than indicates subtraction, and 3 times a number indicates both values being multiplied with each other, so it's 3x. Hope that helped.

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