SOLUTION: four then three times a number is one less than four times the number. what is the number?

SOLUTION: four then three times a number is one less than four times the number. what is the number?

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Question 254400: four then three times a number is one less than four times the number. what is the number?
Answer by palanisamy(496) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the required number be x.
Given, four then three times a number is one less than four times the number
4+3x = 4x-1
4+1 = 4x-3x
5 = x
x = 5
Therefore the required number is 5
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