SOLUTION: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following exercise. When 30% of a number is added to the number, the result i

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Question 1171853: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following exercise.
When 30% of a number is added to the number, the result is 260. What is the number?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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number is x
30% of the number is 0.3x
1x+0.30x=1.30x=260
divide both sides by 1.30
x=200
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check
30% of 200 is 60
200+60=260.