SOLUTION: Find a number such that one more than two thirds the number is three fourths the number

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Question 93835: Find a number such that one more than two thirds the number is three fourths the number
Answer by checkley75(3666) About Me  (Show Source):
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(2X/3)+1=3X/4
(2X+3)/3=3X/4 NOW CROSS MULTIPLY
4(2X+3)=9X
8X+12-9X=0
-X=-12
X=12 ANSWER.
PROOF
(2/3)12+1=(3/4)12
24/3+1=36/4
8+1=9
9=9