SOLUTION: If you double then triple a number, this is the same as cutting the number in half. What is the number?

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Question 979257: If you double then triple a number, this is the same as cutting the number in half. What is the number?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Taking that description and converting directly into symbolism,
let n be "a number".


One way:
2n%2A3=%281%2F2%29n
6n=n%2F2
12n=n
n=0
This is the only possibility.

The other way:
2n, 3n,....? result is n/2
This is not precise enough to symbolize in any precise comprehensible way.