SOLUTION: 15 more than four times a number is six more than five times the number find the number

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Question 769502: 15 more than four times a number is six more than five times the number find the number
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Suppose we assume the number is x. We then have 4x%2B15=5x%2B6
Subtracting 4x%2B6 from both sides, we get 9=x, which means the number is 9.