When a fifth of a certain number is added to 3 the results is 17. What's number

Answer 1

Let's represent the number as "x".
According to the given information, when a fifth of the number is added to 3, we get 17.
Mathematically, we can express this as the equation:
(x/5) + 3 = 17
To solve for x, we can subtract 3 from both sides of the equation:
(x/5) = 14
Next, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 5 to isolate x:
x = 70
Therefore, the number is 70.