SOLUTION: If 2/3 of a number is 4 more than 1/2 of the number, what is the number?

SOLUTION: If 2/3 of a number is 4 more than 1/2 of the number, what is the number?

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Question 549467: If 2/3 of a number is 4 more than 1/2 of the number, what is the number?
Answer by TutorDelphia(193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
of usually means multiply, is usual means equals, so we get:

subtract from both sides

to combine our like terms here, we have to remember back to subtracting fractions. We need a common denominator which will be 6

Now we need to divide both sides by 1/6 (which we do by multiplying by 6)
n=24
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