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Question 513571: Please help me to answer this question
1/3 a number is smaller than twice the number by 30. what is the number ?

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the number be x
twice the number = 2x
2x- 1/3 x =30
multiply by 3
6x-x=90
5x=90
/5
x=18