(1/2)of a number is 3 times more than the (1/6)of the same number.what is that number?

• question is wrong.....
  it's not 3 times it is 3 more than.
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(28) No(2)
• let us take the number as x
  given (1/2)*x=3+(1/6)*x
  x/2=(18+x)/6
  2x=18
  x=9
  
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(28) No(3)
• 9
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(10) No(2)