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Chapter 3: Q. 343 (page 405)

The sum of a number and three is forty-one. Find the number.

Short Answer

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The sum of thirty-eight and three is forty-one.

Step by step solution

01

Step 1. Given information

41is equal to the sum of3and a number

02

Step 2. Solution

Consider the number is n.

The sum of a number and 3is 41.

n+3=41n=41-3n=38

The number is 38

Sum of38and3is41.

03

Step 3. Verification

Sum of 38&3is 41

38+3=?4141=41

The left-hand side is equal to the right-hand side

So our answer is correct the number is 38.

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