SOLUTION: If you add three-fourths of a number to the number itself,you get 49. What is the number?

SOLUTION: If you add three-fourths of a number to the number itself,you get 49. What is the number?

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Question 519740: If you add three-fourths of a number to the number itself,you get 49. What is the number?
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = a number
3/4x = 3/4 * x
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x + 3/4*x = 49
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multiply both sides by 4 to eliminate the fraction
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4(x + 3/4*x) = 4*49
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4x + 3x = 196
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7x = 196
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x = 28
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Done.
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