document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=354180>Question 354180</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 16 is added to one-third of a number, the result is three times the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n represent the number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(n/3) + 16 = 3*n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify and solve<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Muliplying each term on both sides of the equality by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n + 48 = 9*n<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "48 = 8n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2 + 16 = 3*6 </SPAN>\n" );
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