SOLUTION: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number described. When three times a number is decreased by three the result is 63 what is the number

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Question 969440: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number described. When three times a number is decreased by three the result is 63 what is the number
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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n, the number.

3n-3=63
3n=63
n=21