SOLUTION:
Find the number which when decreased by three-fourths of itself equals 28.
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Question 723816:
Find the number which when decreased by three-fourths of itself equals 28.
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X-3X/4=28
X/4=28
X=4*28
X=112 ANS.
PROOF:
112-3*112/4=28
112-336/4=28
112-84=28
28=28
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