Three times a number minus 5 equals 16. What is the number?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Set up the equation carefully.
Answer
7
Explanation
3x - 5 = 16 leads to 3x = 21, thus x = 7.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 7.
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