SOLUTION: one quarter of a number is increased by one third of the same number is 14 what is this number?

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Question 1000509: one quarter of a number is increased by one third of the same number is 14 what is this number?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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let n = the number
Write an equation for what it says
" one quarter of a number is increased by one third of the same number is 14"
1%2F4n + 1%2F3n = 14
multiply equation by the least common multiple, that would be 12
12*1%2F4n + 12*1%2F3n = 12(14)
Cancel the denominators
3n + 4n = 168
7n = 168
n = 168/7
n = 24



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