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\n" ); document.write( "Adding 1 to a certain number and taking one third of the result gives the same value as the original number. What is the number?
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Let number be N
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document.write( "3N = N + 1 ------ Cross-multiplying
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document.write( "3N - N = 1
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document.write( "2N = 1
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document.write( "N, or number =  \n" );
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