SOLUTION: if you add me to myself and then add 20, you get 36, which number i am.

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Question 897784: if you add me to myself and then add 20, you get 36, which number i am.
Found 2 solutions by Pushkar, MathTherapy:
Answer by Pushkar(3)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
See:-
36 - 20 = 16
So 8 + 8 = 116
The number is 8
As the question:- if you add me to myself. The both numbers will be same. So, your answer is 8.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

if you add me to myself and then add 20, you get 36, which number i am.


Let number be N

Then, N + N + 20 = 36

Solve for N



OR



Work backwards

1) Subtract 20 from 36

2) Divide result in 1) by 2 

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