SOLUTION: evaluate "three less than half of the number n equals sixteen"

Question 194688: evaluate "three less than half of the number n equals sixteen"
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, solver91311:
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n/2-3=16
n/2=16+3
n/2=19
n=19*2
n=38 ans.
Proof:
38/2-3=16
19-3=16
16=16
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The number:

Half of the number:

Three less than half of the number:

...equals sixteen:

John

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