SOLUTION: Translate "the difference between nine and sixteen times a number is equal to one less than twenty-four times a number" into an equation and solve.

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Question 172265: Translate "the difference between nine and sixteen times a number is equal to one less than twenty-four times a number" into an equation and solve.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) About Me  (Show Source):
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lets call the number n
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9-16n=24n-1
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40n=10
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highlight%28n=1%2F4%29