SOLUTION: If a third is a fourth of it, what is it? Provide your answer in fractional form.

SOLUTION: If a third is a fourth of it, what is it? Provide your answer in fractional form.

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Question 668038: If a third is a fourth of it, what is it? Provide your answer in fractional form.
Answer by Adrianne15(25) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One third equals one fourth of this unknown number. Set it up:

(Multiply all terms by the LCD to get rid of the fractions)

Or, if you prefer
To test: If one third is one fourth of x, then one third times four (four fourths is one whole) will equal x.

Therefore, x = 4/3 is correct.
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