Answer to the problem ryan is thinking of a number. when he multiplies this number by 6 and then subtracts 15 from the answer, he ends up with his original number. what number is ryan thinking of?

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Jade Arroyo

11 December, 08:54

Answer to the problem ryan is thinking of a number. when he multiplies this number by 6 and then subtracts 15 from the answer, he ends up with his original number. what number is ryan thinking of?

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Mya Stanton · Answer 1

The original number he was thinking of was the number 3

Leonard Case · Answer 2

Based on the given problem above, this number, when he multiplies this number by 6, and subtracts from 15 from the answer, he ends up with his original number. So let us put x as the original number. So it would end like this.

6x - 15 = x

6x - x = 15

5x = 15 (divide both sides by 5) and the answer is

x = 3

Therefore, the original number that Ryan is thinking is number 3.

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