SOLUTION: lucy thinks of a number. she adds half of the number to one quarter of the number and gets 66. what was the number she was thinking of?

Question 912123: lucy thinks of a number. she adds half of the number to one quarter of the number and gets 66. what was the number she was thinking of?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Lucy thinks of a number
she adds half of the number () to one quarter of the number () and gets
so, ...solve for
...both sides multiply by

=> Lucy thinks of a number

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