Question

A number is divided by 4,and the qoutient is added to 3. The result is 24. What is the number?

Answer 1

Let the number be x.

If the number is divided by 4, we have:

`(x)/(4)`

The quotient is added to 3, this gives us:

`(x)/(4)+3`

The result is 24. This leads to the equation:

`(x)/(4)+3=24`

Next, we solve for the number x.

`\begin{gathered} (x)/(4)+3=24 \\ \text{Subtract 3 from both sides} \\ (x)/(4)+3-3=24-3 \\ (x)/(4)=21 \\ \text{Cross multiply} \\ x=21*4 \\ x=84 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the number is 84.