SOLUTION: If 36 is added to four times a number,the value is equal to seven times that number.What is the number?

Question 442289: If 36 is added to four times a number,the value is equal to seven times that number.What is the number?

Found 2 solutions by richard1234, ilana:
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number. Then,

Answer by ilana(307) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Change the words into an equation.
36 + 4x = 7x
Solve.
36 + 4x - 4x = 7x - 4x
36 = 3x
12 = x
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