SOLUTION: Nine more than a number is the same as a quarter of the number, subtracted from twenty-four. What is the number?

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Question 1011577: Nine more than a number is the same as a quarter of the number, subtracted from twenty-four. What is the number?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathLover1:
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Nine more than a number is the same as a quarter of the number, subtracted from twenty-four. What is the number?
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Let x be an unknown number.

Then x + 9 = 24 - x.

Simplify and solve it:

x = 24-9 = 15,

x = 15 :  = 12.

Answer. x = 12.


Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let number be
nine more than a number:
is the same as:=
a quarter of the number, subtracted from twenty-four:
...solve for






so, the number is


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