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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The quotient of a number and four is twelve less than the number. What is the number?

zepdrix (zepdrix):

Having trouble interpreting word problems? `the quotient of a number and four` Which we can write this way,\[\large \frac{x}{4}\] That is `a number` being divided by 4, the quotient of a number and 4. Understand that part?

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