SOLUTION: When 25 is subtracted from 3 times a certain number, the result is 38. What is the number?
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Question 784645: When 25 is subtracted from 3 times a certain number, the result is 38. What is the number?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number be x.
3x-25=38
3x=63
x=21
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Ed
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