Asked by Elijah

Six times a number decreased by ten is eight. Find the number.
Responses
A 22
B 33
C 44
D 5

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Let the number be x. The phrase means 6x − 10 = 8.
Solve: 6x = 18, so x = 3.

That value (3) is not among the choices A–D. (If instead it were 6(x − 10) = 8 then x = 13 1/3, also not listed.)