Ayse and Ahmet are playing a think of a number game. Ayse says, I think of a

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Ayse and Ahmet are playing a ‘think of a number’ game.

Ayse says, ‘I think of a number, double it and subtract 5.The answer is 27.’

What is the number Ayse chose?

Using n to represent the number Ayse chose, we can write:

2n − 5 = 27 

Then we solve the equation as before: 

So the number she chose is 16.

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