document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=262854>Question 262854</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of 1/3 and three times a number is equal to 4/5 subtracted from four times the number find the number.  is it 7/15? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/3 + 3*x = 4*x - 4/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4*x - 3*x = 4/5 + 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 12/15 + 5/15 = 17/15 </SPAN>\n" );
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