SOLUTION: If half of a certain number is added to the number, it is equal to thrice of half the number. What is the number?

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Question 890529: If half of a certain number is added to the number, it is equal to thrice of half the number. What is the number?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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If half of a certain number is added to the number, it is equal to thrice of half the number.
N%2Bexpr%281%2F2%29N=3%2Aexpr%281%2F2%29N

Yes because 1%261%2F2 and 3%2F2 are always the same.

That is true of any number.  There are infinitely many answers,
because every number is an answer

Edwin