Answer:
✅⅓(x - 5) = -⅔
✅distribute ⅓
✅x = 3
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the number be x.
The difference of a number and 5 ==> x - 5
⅓ times the difference of a number and 5 equals -⅔, would be expressed as:
✅⅓(x - 5) = -⅔
✔️To solve for x, one possible first step is to distribute ⅓.
Thus,
⅓x - ⁵/3 = -⅔
Add ⁵/3 to both sides
⅓x = -⅔ + ⁵/3
⅓x = (-2 + 5)/3
⅓x = ³/3
⅓x = 1
Multiply both sides by 3
x = 3
