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Two-fifths of a number is 2/5 greater than 1/3 of the number. What is the number?
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Two-fifths of a number is 2/5 greater than 1/3 of the number. What is the number?

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the number is 6.
2/5x=2/5+1/3x
2/5x-1/3x=1/15x
1/15x=2/5
x=6
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