Fourteen less than four times a number is six. What is the number?
1 Answer
May 18, 2017
See a solution process below:
Explanation:
First, let's call the number we are looking for:
Then, "four times a number" can be written as:
Next, "Fourteen less than this" can be written as :
Now, we can add "is six" to the expression to create the equation:
We can now solve for