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Four less than the quotient of a number and 4 is 14. What is the number? Let n be the unknown number.
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Four less than the quotient of a number and 4 is 14. What is the number? Let n be the unknown number.

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so the equation is n/4-4=14
then you +4 to both sides
n/4-4=14 so now the equation is n/4=18 then you multiply 18 by 4 and get 72
+4 +4
then to check your work
72/4-4=14
so N=72
Hope I helped :)

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