Question

One less than four times a number is 11.

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Answer 1

3

Explanation:

Let's put that number as x.

It says that one minus 4 times x is 11.

So the equation is 4x - 1 = 11.

Add one on both sides to get 4x = 12.

Divide by four on both sides to get x = 3.

Since x is what we are looking for, the answer is 3!

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Answer 2

The equation for the problem would look like so:

4n - 1 = 11

This can be solved through steps! Given the numbers, we can set up an equation:

4n - 1 + 1 = 11 + 1

4n = 12

4n / 4 = n

12 / 4 = 3

n = 3