Question

Find a number such that one third of it the
is less than half of it by 4.

Answer 1

Answer:

let the number be x

according to the question.

x*(1/3) = (x/2)-4

(x/3)=(x/2)-4

(x/3)= (x-8)/2

2x=3(x-8)

2x=3x-24

24=x

so the number will be 24

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