SOLUTION: When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number, the result is two less than one-half of that number. Find the number.

Question 972457: When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number, the result is two less than one-half of that number. Find the number.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When four-sevenths of a number is subtracted from the number,
the result is two less than one-half of that number.
Find the number.
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let n = the number
write an equation for what it says
n - n = n - 2
write it
n - n = n - 2
n = n - 2
multiply equation 14, cancel the denominators
2(3n) = 7n - 14(2)
6n = 7n - 28
28 = 7n - 7n
n = 28
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You can confirm this solution in the original equation
28 - (28) = (28) - 2
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