SOLUTION: when a student subtracts 18 from a number, the result is 1/4 of the number. What is the number?

Question 667972: when a student subtracts 18 from a number, the result is 1/4 of the number. What is the number?
Answer by Adrianne15(25) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be x.
Set up equation:
Move eighteen over to begin to isolate x:
Multiply all terms on both sides by four (LCD) to get rid of fractions:
Rewrite:
Bring the variable to one side.
Divide both sides by three to find x:
Therefore, the number is 24.
Test it:
A student subtracts 18 from a number.

The result is a quarter of the number.
Is
Is:

Since right side = left side, x = 24 is correct.

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