SOLUTION: How would you find the number to Twenty-nine is 13 added to 4 times a number?

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Question 69963This question is from textbook Algebra 1
: How would you find the number to Twenty-nine is 13 added to 4 times a number? This question is from textbook Algebra 1

Answer by bucky(2189) About Me  (Show Source):
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I think what you are asking is, "If 4 times a number is added to 13, the result is 29. What
is the number?"
You can use x to represent the unknown number and then write this problem in equation form as:
4x+%2B+13+=+29
Subtract 13 from both sides of the equation to eliminate it from the left side of the equation.
The result of this subtraction is:
4x+=+29-13+=+16
or just:
4x+=+16
Now divide both sides by 4 so that you just have x on the left side:
4x%2F4+=+16%2F4
After this division the left side is just x and the right side is 4. The answer is that the
missing number is 4.
Check: Does 29 = 13+(4*4). It does because 13 + 4*4 = 13 + 16 = 29.
Hope this helps you see your way through this problem.