SOLUTION: Solve: If three times a number added to 4 is divided by the number plus 11, the result is four thirds. Find the number. (The number is 32/5) How do you solve it?

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Question 1079121: Solve: If three times a number added to 4 is divided by the number plus 11, the result is four thirds. Find the number. (The number is 32/5) How do you solve it?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n, the number

This is the literal translation of the description into an equation:
%283n%2B4%29%2F%28n%2B11%29=4%2F3
If that was all the help you need and can solve this equation then you can do that.





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4n%2B44=9n%2B12
44=5n%2B12
32=5n
n=32%2F5
Some steps may have been combined.