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.