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To calculate: The value of the number.
Answer to Problem 72WE
The number is 8.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
5 is subtracted from twice a number and the difference is tripled. The result is 1 more than 4 times the number.
Calculation:
Let the number be x .
5 is subtracted from twice of x .
This difference is tripled.
The result is 1 more than 4 times x .
The two expressions are equal. So it can be written as,
By solving the equation,
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