SOLUTION: Hai sir, pls help me on this, i got stuck on this Find a number which is greater than one-fifth of itself by 12

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Question 401175: Hai sir, pls help me on this, i got stuck on this
Find a number which is greater than one-fifth of itself by 12

Answer by sofiyac(983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let that number be x, then in order to make an equality you would say
mulitply every term by 5 in order to get rid of the fraction

60=4x
15=x
To check your answer: x is 15, and when you times it by 1/5 you get 3, so 15 is greater than 3 by 12 :)

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