SOLUTION: 3 times the difference of a number and 1 is nine more than the same number. Find the number.

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Question 896815: 3 times the difference of a number and 1 is nine more than the same number. Find the number.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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n = "a number"

3(n-1)=9+n, depending on what "the same number" means.