Problema Solution

If twice a number added to 3 is divided by a number plus 3 the result is seven fourths, what the number?

Answer provided by our tutors

x = number:

(2x + 3)/(x+3) = 7/4

4(2x+3) = 7(x+3)

8x + 12 = 7x + 21

8x - 7x = 21-12

x = 9