SOLUTION: if 4 is added to one half of a number the result is 15 less than that same number fine the number

Question 1020550: if 4 is added to one half of a number the result is 15 less than that same number fine the number
Found 2 solutions by Cromlix, Fombitz:
Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
if 4 is added to one half of a number
the result is 15 less than that same number.
Make x the number
4 + x/2 = x - 15
Collect like terms
x - x/2 = 15 + 4
x/2 = 19
Cross multiply
x = 38
The number is 38.
Hope this helps :-)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Multiply by 2,

Verifying,

True, good solution.

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