SOLUTION: when 23 is subtracted from 3 times a certain number, the result is 43. What is the number?

Question 1029383: when 23 is subtracted from 3 times a certain number, the result is 43. What is the number?
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when 23 is subtracted from 3 times a certain number, the result is 43. What is the number?
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3x - 23 = 43,

3x = 43 + 23,

3x = 66,

x = 22.

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