SOLUTION: if the sum of a number and 4 is subtracted from 20 the result is 3 times the number. find the number

SOLUTION: if the sum of a number and 4 is subtracted from 20 the result is 3 times the number. find the number

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Question 763797: if the sum of a number and 4 is subtracted from 20 the result is 3 times the number. find the number
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let a number be
the sum of a number and :
is subtracted from :
the result is times the number:
....solve for

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