SOLUTION: Twice a number increased by the product of the number an fourteen results in forty eight

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Question 741785: Twice a number increased by the product of the number an fourteen results in forty eight
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Let x = the number. Then you have:
2x + 14x = 48 Collect like terms
16x = 48 Divide both sides by 16
x = 3