SOLUTION: 198 is three quarters of what sum?

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Question 334281: 198 is three quarters of what sum?
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Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
When we do these type of problems the words can be translated into algebraic symbols for example "is" means "=" "of" means multiply. Let's use x for the unknown.
198=3/4(x)
Multiply both sides by 4/3 to get:
264=x
There we go the answer is 264
Make sense?
RJ
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John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it