Question

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The product of 3 and a number is 12 more than the sum of the number and 26.

What is the number?

Answer 1

@neonumbrella5115 @Ray1998 @safyousuff97 @Vickyisthesmartone123

Answer 2

easy

Answer 3

then what is it?

Answer 4

how do you know?

Answer 5

is the answer choice there

Answer 6

nope

Answer 7

ok then

Answer 8

how did you figure it out

Answer 9

how did you figure it out

Answer 10

ok so what r the answer choices

Answer 11

The product of 3 and a number is 12 more than the sum of the number and 26.

let's translate as we go.

the product of 3 and n means 3 times n
3*n

is means equals

3n =

12 more than the sum of a number and 26 sum of a number n and 26 is (n+26)

more than means addition so 12+(n+26)

so that leads to our final equation shown below:

3n = 12+(n+26)

now we do some basic algebra

38 = 2n

19 = n

let's see if this satisfies this.

3(n) should be 12 more than (n+26)

3(19) = 57 right?

so let's look at the other side

19+26 = 45

so on one side we have 45 and on the other we have 57

so 57 should be 12 more than 45, if it isn't then our answer is wrong

45+12 = 57

we find that 45+12 does give us 57, so this leads me to believe that the number is 19

Answer 12

@annie12m also this should be in math BTW