SOLUTION: One-half of a number is 25 more than one-third of the same number. What is the number?

SOLUTION: One-half of a number is 25 more than one-third of the same number. What is the number?

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Question 306901: One-half of a number is 25 more than one-third of the same number. What is the number?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Just off the top of my head, I would say 150...but let's make sure.

Let

represent the number. Then

is half of the number and

is one-third of the number and we know that:

Multiply everything by 6

Yep.

John

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