SOLUTION: One fourth of a number is two more than one fifth of the number. Find the number.

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Question 123268: One fourth of a number is two more than one fifth of the number. Find the number.
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, solver91311:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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X/4=2+X/5
X/4-X/5=2
(5X-4X)/20=2 CROSS MULTIPLY
X=40 ANSWER.
PROOF
40/4=2+40/5
10=2+8
10=10

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solution


Let x be the number.
One fourth of the number is then x%2F4
One fifth of the number is x%2F5
But x%2F4=%28x%2F5%29%2B2 because 'one fourth of a number is two more'

Now solve.

First we need a common denominator. The best we can do is 4 * 5 = 20.

x%2F4=%28x%2F5%29%2B2
5x%2F20=%284x%2F20%29%2B40%2F20
Multiply both sides by 20
5x=4x%2B40

Add -4x to both sides
5x-4x=4x-4x%2B40
x=40

So the number is 40





Check Answer



One fourth of 40 is 10
One fifth of 40 is 8
10 is 2 more than 8. Answer checks.