SOLUTION: solve: Find the number.

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Question 48883: solve: Find the number.
Answer by rajagopalan(174) About Me  (Show Source):
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4 more than 8 times a number is 60.
Let the number be x
then 8 times it =8x
4 more of that = 8x+4
8x+4=60
8x=60-4
8x=56
x=7
Simple. OK.