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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?

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

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The product of three and a number (3n) is 12 more than (=12 +) the sum of the number and 26 (n + 26). Put all of those together.

2n = 12 + n + 26 Combine like terms. (12 + 26)
2n = 28 + n Subtract to get the variables together. (2n - n)
n = 28


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