SOLUTION: three times a number increased by twenty

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Question 258218: three times a number increased by twenty
Found 2 solutions by unlockmath, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
I'm curious if there is more to the problem?
If not it will look like this:
3x+20
x being the number
increased simply means "adding to"
RJ
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
three times a number increased by twenty

Write three as 3, and twenty as 20

    3 times a number increased by 20

Write N instead of "a number"

      3 times N increased by 20

Write 3N instead of "3 times N"

            3N increased by 20

To increase by 20 is to add 20, and to add 20 we write + 20
So write "+ 20" insteda of "increased by 20"

             3N + 20

That's it!

Edwin