21 less than 4 times a number is 59. What is the number?

Rob Bird asked Mar 13, 2023

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Rob Bird asked Mar 13, 2023

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⇒ let the unknown number be x

⇒Mathematically this can be written as:

$4x-21=59\\4x=59+21\\4x=80\\(4x)/(4) =(80)/(4) \\x=20$

That unknown number is 20

Sean Sobey answered Mar 17, 2023

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