SOLUTION: If 36 is added to four times a number,the value is equal to seven times that number.What is the number?

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Question 442289: If 36 is added to four times a number,the value is equal to seven times that number.What is the number?
Found 2 solutions by richard1234, ilana:
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the number. Then,






Answer by ilana(307) About Me  (Show Source):
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Change the words into an equation.
36 + 4x = 7x
Solve.
36 + 4x - 4x = 7x - 4x
36 = 3x
12 = x