Problema Solution
Four times a number is six less than seven times that number, what is the number?
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Let the variable 'x' represent the unknown number.
Now we can write the following equation:
4x = 7x - 6
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x = 2
Indeed,
4*2 = 7*2 - 6
8 = 14 - 6
8 = 8
The number is 2.