SOLUTION: four times a number is 21 more than the number. What is the number?

SOLUTION: four times a number is 21 more than the number. What is the number?

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Question 172568: four times a number is 21 more than the number. What is the number?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number be a
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4a=a+21
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3a=21.....subtracting a from both sides
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after dividing both sides by 3
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