SOLUTION: A number is tripled, then 2 is added. This gives the same result as if the number were quadrupled. Set up and solve an equation to find the original number.

SOLUTION: A number is tripled, then 2 is added. This gives the same result as if the number were quadrupled. Set up and solve an equation to find the original number.

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Question 768778: A number is tripled, then 2 is added. This gives the same result as if the number were quadrupled. Set up and solve an equation to find the original number.
Answer by 55305(86) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose the number is x, then we have .
Subtracting 3x from both sides, we get
The number is 2.
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