SOLUTION: I add 12 to a number and then double their sum. The result is one and half times what i get when i double the original number and add 12. find the number.
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Question 1097885: I add 12 to a number and then double their sum. The result is one and half times what i get when i double the original number and add 12. find the number. Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source):
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I add 12 to a number and then double their sum. The result is one and half times what i get when i double the original number and add 12. find the number.
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I add 12 to a number and then double their sum. The result is one and half times what i get when i double the original number and add 12. find the number.
The way I interpret this results in the following equation: , with N being the number.
If so, then the number, or
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I add 12 to a number and then double their sum. The result is one and half times
what i get when i double the original number and add 12. find the number.
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Description as an equation: =
4*(n+12) = 3*(2n+12)
4n + 48 = 6n + 36
12 = 2n
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