If you subtract 4.75 from the number & add 1.75, you get 35. What is the number?

Question

If you subtract 4.75 from the number and add 1.75, you get 35. What is the number?

Answer 1

Hi Lindsay,

 

x-4.75+1.75 = 35

(combine like terms -4.75 and +1.75 = -3)

 

x-3 = 35

(add 3 to both sides)

 

x=38

 

Answer: The number is 38

 

Thanks!