document.write( "Question 158483: Five more than 1/4 of a number is 2/3 of that number. Find the number \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #116747 by Electrified_Levi(103)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi, Hope I can help, \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Five more than \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We are trying to find a number, since we need to find one number, we have 1 variable \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We will name the variable/number \"x\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Five more than \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Five more than \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "This is how you would write the equation \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We will multiply it out \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We will need to get rid of the fraction by multiplying each side by \"12\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "We will need to move \"3x\" to the right side \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "To find \"x\"(our number) we will divide each side by \"5\" \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "\"12\" is our number, we can check by replacing \"x\" with \"12\" in our equation \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Your answer is \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Hope I helped, Levi \n" ); document.write( " |