SOLUTION: If you double a number and then add 12, you get one half of the original number. What is the original number?

SOLUTION: If you double a number and then add 12, you get one half of the original number. What is the original number?

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Question 446183: If you double a number and then add 12, you get one half of the original number. What is the original number?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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