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The difference between 1/2 of a number and 1/6 of a number is equal to 10 more than 1/8 of that number which equation could be used to find the number?

User Perry Hoekstra
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Explanation:

let the number be x

1/2(x) - 1/6(x) =10 -1/8(x)................this is the equation

1/12(x) + 1/8(x)=10

5/24(x)=10

cross multiply

5x= 240

x=240/5

x=48

User Ben Hymers
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