SOLUTION: jill is thinking of a number twenty less than one fourth of the number is -45 find jills number

SOLUTION: jill is thinking of a number twenty less than one fourth of the number is -45 find jills number

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Question 698639: jill is thinking of a number twenty less than one fourth of the number is -45 find jills number
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x = the number

x/4 - 20 = -45 {twenty less than one-fourth of the number is -45}
x/4 = -25 {added 20 to each side}
x = -100 {multiplied each side by 4}

The number is -100, Jill can think of something else, now.

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