SOLUTION: A number plus 7 more than the number is 29. What is the number?

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Question 172958: A number plus 7 more than the number is 29. What is the number?
Answer by monika_p(71)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x- a number we are looking for
7 more than a number we write as (x+7).
Then
x+x+7=29 solving for x you get answer that unknown number is x=11

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