SOLUTION: Find the number which when decreased by three-fourths of itself equals 28.

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Question 723816:

Find the number which when decreased by three-fourths of itself equals 28.
Answer by checkley79(3341) About Me  (Show Source):
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X-3X/4=28
X/4=28
X=4*28
X=112 ANS.
PROOF:
112-3*112/4=28
112-336/4=28
112-84=28
28=28