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Six times a number minus one half of the same number equals 22 what is the number

User Zlo
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first write an equation
6x - x/2 = 22
then solve for x
x= 4
User MarkReedZ
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Let no. be a

6a-1/2a=22

12a-a/2=22

11a/2=22

11a=44

a=4

User Kenneth Li
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