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1/3 of a number is 17, what is the number?

User Debo
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You can either add 17+17+17 which would be 51 or if you would rather use multiplication you could do 17x3 which would be 51 also. I hope this helps some and have a good day!
User Klitos Kyriacou
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Multiply 17 x 3 to find the original number which is 51
then to check it you can divide 51 by 3 and you should get 17
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