SOLUTION: three times a number less four is 17. what is the number?

SOLUTION: three times a number less four is 17. what is the number?

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Question 388188: three times a number less four is 17. what is the number?
Answer by Jk22(389) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
three times a number less four is 17

implies three times this number is 21 (17 plus four)

hence the number is twenty-one divided by 3, which is 7.

Formula wise : let x be the searched number, then

3x-4 = 17

3x = 17+4 = 21

x = 7
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