SOLUTION: if 3 is added to a number and the sum is tripled, the result is 17 more than the number. Find the number?

SOLUTION: if 3 is added to a number and the sum is tripled, the result is 17 more than the number. Find the number?

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Question 519212: if 3 is added to a number and the sum is tripled, the result is 17 more than the number. Find the number?
Answer by oberobic(2304) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(x+3)*3 = x+17
3x + 9 = x +17
2x = 8
x = 4
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