SOLUTION: I am having trouble with this extra credit word problem. Please help. If three-eighths of a number is 72, what is one-fourth of the number

Question 69903: I am having trouble with this extra credit word problem. Please help.
If three-eighths of a number is 72, what is one-fourth of the number
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let "a number" be your unknown value of x.
Solve for x
Multiply each side by 8/3

So a fourth of that number is

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