SOLUTION: Four times a number is just as much as three times that number plus 24. What is the number?

SOLUTION: Four times a number is just as much as three times that number plus 24. What is the number?

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Question 802954: Four times a number is just as much as three times that number plus 24. What is the number?
Answer by thejackal(72) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
very easy:
let the number be n
such that
4n = 3n + 24
4n - 3n = 24
n = 24
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