SOLUTION: If three times a number plus twenty is seven times that number, what is the number

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Question 730230: If three times a number plus twenty is seven times that number, what is the number
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If three times a number plus twenty is seven times that number, what is the number
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3x + 20 = 7x

20 = 7x - 3x

20 = 4x

x = 20/4 = 5.

ANSWER. The number is 5.


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