SOLUTION: If the difference of a number and four is tripled, the result is six more than the number. what is the number??

SOLUTION: If the difference of a number and four is tripled, the result is six more than the number. what is the number??

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Question 272160: If the difference of a number and four is tripled, the result is six more than the number. what is the number??
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the difference of a number and four is tripled, the result is six more than the number.
:
3(x-4) = x + 6
3x - 12 = x + 6
3x - x = 6 + 12
2x = 18
x =
x = 9 is the number
;
Check in the given statement
3(9 - 4) = 9 + 6

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