Question

Translate the following phrase into a math expression or equation whichever is appropriate use x to represent the unknown number A number increased by three nineteenths of itself

Answer 1

`x+(3)/(19)x`

We have an unknown number x. We want to increase that number by 3/19 of itself. This means, that we must add 3/19 of x to x. This can we writted as:

`x+(3)/(19)x`