SOLUTION: when 12 is subtracted from 3 times a number the result is 24. what is that number?

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Question 1032937: when 12 is subtracted from 3 times a number the result is 24. what is that number?
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when 12 is subtracted from 3 times a number the result is 24. what is that number?
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Before subtracting, it was 24 + 12 = 36.

Hence, the number is 36%2F3.