SOLUTION: If one is subtracted from seven times a certain number the result is the same as if 31 is added to three times the number. find the number.

SOLUTION: If one is subtracted from seven times a certain number the result is the same as if 31 is added to three times the number. find the number.

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Question 348038: If one is subtracted from seven times a certain number the result is the same as if 31 is added to three times the number. find the number.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the number be x
7x-1=3x+31
7x-3x=31+1
4x=32
/4
x=8
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