SOLUTION: Three fourths of a number decreased by 2is three times the number. What is the number?
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Question 1068000: Three fourths of a number decreased by 2is three times the number. What is the number?
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Three fourths of a number decreased by 2 is three times the number.
n - 2 = 3n
multiply equation by 4, get rid of the fraction
3n - 4(2) = 4(3n)
3n - 8 = 12n
-8 = 12n - 3n
-8 = 9n
n = is the number.
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Check this in the original equation
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use a common denominator
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