SOLUTION: what is fourteen less than three times a number equals the number?

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Question 513376: what is fourteen less than three times a number equals the number?
Answer by umail08(87) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x = the number
3x …. Three times the number
3x - 14 … fourteen less than three times a number
3x – 14 = x …. Final equation