SOLUTION: when a number is multiplied by 4 before subtracting from 68, the result obtained is the same as three times the sum of the number and 4. Find the number.
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Question 1012525: when a number is multiplied by 4 before subtracting from 68, the result obtained is the same as three times the sum of the number and 4. Find the number. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the number x. Then we can write and solve...
68 - 4x = 3(x + 4)
68 - 4x = 3x + 12
Now subtract 12 and add 4x to both sides...we get
56 = 7x and
x = 8
