SOLUTION: Four times the sum of a number and 3 is 28. What is the number?

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Question 1181766: Four times the sum of a number and 3 is 28. What is the number?
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let the number be n
Four times the sum of a number and 3 is 28:
4%28n%2B3%29=28
n%2B3=28%2F4
n%2B3=7
n=7-3
n=4

the number is 4