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

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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.

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