Set up equations and solve them to find the unknown numbers in the following cases:
(a) Add 4 to eight times a number; you get 60.
(b) One-fifth of a number minus 4 gives 3.
(c) If I take three-fourths of a number and add 3 to it, I get 21.
(d) When I subtracted 11 from twice a number, the result was 15.
(e) Munna subtracts thrice the number of notebooks he has from 50, and he finds the result to be 8.
(f) Ibenhal thinks of a number. If she adds 19 to it and divides the sum by 5, she will get 8.
(g) Anwar thinks of a number. If he takes away 7 from 5/2 of the number, the result is 23.

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Set up equations and solve them to find the unknown numbers in the following cases:
(a) Add 4 to eight times a number; you get 60.
(b) One-fifth of a number minus 4 gives 3.
(c) If I take three-fourths of a number and add 3 to it, I get 21.
(d) When I subtracted 11 from twice a number, the result was 15.
(e) Munna subtracts thrice the number of notebooks he has from 50, and he finds the result to be 8.
(f) Ibenhal thinks of a number. If she adds 19 to it and divides the sum by 5, she will get 8.
(g) Anwar thinks of a number. If he takes away 7 from 5/2 of the number, the result is 23.

Infinity Learn · Accepted Answer

(a) Let the number be x.According to the question,8x + 4 = 608x = 60 – 48x = 56x = 56/8x = 7(b) Let the number be y.According to the question,y/5 − 4 = 3y/5 = 3 + 4y/5 = 7y = 35(c) Let the number be x.According to the question,3x/4 + 3 = 213x/4 = 21 − 33x/4 =18x =18 × 4/3x = 24

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