SOLUTION: If you double the original number and then add 85 you get three fourths of the original number what is the original number

SOLUTION: If you double the original number and then add 85 you get three fourths of the original number what is the original number

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Question 837043: If you double the original number and then add 85 you get three fourths of the original number what is the original number
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x+85=3/4x
x = -68

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