SOLUTION: triple what number equals 12?

SOLUTION: triple what number equals 12?

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Question 792841: triple what number equals 12?
Answer by 55305(86) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose we assume the number as n. Triple n is 3n, and we can set that equal to 12.
We now have 3n=12. We can divide both sides by 3 to get n=4.
So the answer is 4.
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