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Twelve decreased by 8 times a number is 36. Find the number.
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Twelve decreased by 8 times a number is 36. Find the number.

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The number is 6. The equation would be 8x - 12 = 36. You add over the 12 to the 36 to get 48. Then when you do 8x divided by 48, you get x = 6. Therefore, the number the problem is asking for is 6.
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