document.write( "Question 549467: If 2/3 of a number is 4 more than 1/2 of the number, what is the number? \n" ); document.write( "

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of usually means multiply, is usual means equals, so we get:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%2F3%29%2An=4%2B%281%2F2%29%2An\"$
\n" ); document.write( "subtract $\"%281%2F2%29%2An\"$ from both sides\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%282%2F3%29%2An-%281%2F2%29%2An=4\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "to combine our like terms here, we have to remember back to subtracting fractions. We need a common denominator which will be 6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2F6%29%2An-%283%2F6%29%2An=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F6%29%2An=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Now we need to divide both sides by 1/6 (which we do by multiplying by 6)
\n" ); document.write( "n=24 \n" ); document.write( "

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