SOLUTION: One-half of a number is 25 more than one-third of the same number. What is the number?

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Question 306901: One-half of a number is 25 more than one-third of the same number. What is the number?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Just off the top of my head, I would say 150...but let's make sure.

Let represent the number. Then is half of the number and is one-third of the number and we know that:



Multiply everything by 6





Yep.


John