document.write( "Question 170760: when two-thirds of a number is added to one-fourth of the same number, the result is 8 more than the original number. find the number \n" ); document.write( "
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lets call the number b
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\n" ); document.write( "(2/3)b+(1/4)b=b+8--->multiply by lcm...which is 12
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\n" ); document.write( "8b+3b=12b+96
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