SOLUTION: If 2 less than three fourths of a number is 22 less than one eighth of a number, find the number?

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Question 804438: If 2 less than three fourths of a number is 22 less than one eighth of a number, find the number?
Answer by erica65404(394) About Me  (Show Source):
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%283%2F4%29n-2=%281%2F8%29n-22
we will make 3%2F4=6%2F8
%286%2F8%29n-2=%281%29%2F%288%29n-22
%286%2F8%29n=%281%2F8%29n-20
%285%2F8%29n=-20
we will divide by 5%2F8
when dividing by a fraction, change division to multiplication and use the fractions inverse.
We will multiply by 8%2F5
n=-32