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PLEASE HELP!!! I took a number, wrote a 9 to the right of it, and added the doubled original number to the result. The resulting sum is 633. What was the original number? pls show ur work :)
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I took a number, wrote a 9 to the right of it, and added the doubled original number to the result. The resulting sum is 633. What was the original number?

pls show ur work :)

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Explanation:

If x is the certain number, writing 9 to its right will give us 10x+9.... add 2x to it and we get 12x+9

12x+9 = 633

12x = 624

x= 52.

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