Question

one fourth of a number is 3 more than one fifth of its succesor find the number

Answer 1

Hi friend
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Your answer
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Let the number be x.

Then,
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Equation
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1/4 x = 1/5 (x+1) + 3

=> 1/4 x = 1/5 x + 1/5 + 3

=> 1/4 x - 1/5 x = 1/5 + 3

=> 1/20 x = 16/5

=> x =16/5 ×20

=> x = 64

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