SOLUTION: If a number is increased by 30% of itself and the result is 26. What is the number?
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Question 479683: If a number is increased by 30% of itself and the result is 26. What is the number?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let number be x
30% of x= 0.3x
x+0.3x=26
1.3x=26
x=26/1.3
x=20
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