The teacher is testing a students proficiency in arithmetic and poses the following question: 1/3 of a number is 3 more than 1/6 of the same number. What is the number? Can you help the student find the answer?
19
6
17
18

• x/3=x/6 + 3
  => x=18
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(12) No(1)
• let number be X. 1/3 * X = 3+(X*(1/6)). ON SOLVING THE EQUATION WE GET X=18
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(2)
• let the no. be x
  according to question
  x/3=3+x/6(as 1/3 of a number is equal to 3 more than x/6)
  (2x-x)/6=3
  x=6*3
  x=18
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• let the number be n
  (1/3)n=(1/6)n+3
  =>((1/3)-(1/6))n=3
  =>(1/6)n=3
  =>n=18
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 1/3x=3+1/6x the answer is 18
• 7 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)