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A number added to itself twelve times is five more than twice the number. What is the number?

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x- \ searching\ number\\\\ x+12x=2x+5\\ 13x-2x=5\\ 11x=5\ |:11\\ x=(5)/(11)\\\\ The\ number\ is\ (5)/(11),
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