document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=254400>Question 254400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> four then three times a number is one less than four times the number. what is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Given, four then three times a number is one less than four times the number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        4+3x = 4x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        4+1  = 4x-3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "           5 = x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "           x = 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore the required number is 5   </SPAN>\n" );
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