SOLUTION: Add 3 to half a number, and it's the same as subtracting 1 from it. What is the number?

SOLUTION: Add 3 to half a number, and it's the same as subtracting 1 from it. What is the number?

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Question 329281: Add 3 to half a number, and it's the same as subtracting 1 from it. What is the number?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be N.

Multiply both sides by 2.

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