SOLUTION: What is my mystery number? Add half of a fourth, an eighth, and a sixteenth of a number together and you get 480. What is my number?

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Question 1101512: What is my mystery number? Add half of a fourth, an eighth, and a sixteenth of a number together and you get 480. What is my number?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just symbolize what the description is, literally.
Let the number be v.
%281%2F2%29%28v%2F4%29%2Bv%2F8%2Bv%2F16=480

Now solve for v.