Mystery Number

Can you find a number such that its double is fourteen more than its quarter?

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October 13th, 2012 | Category: Brain Riddle, Mathematical |  Email This Riddle

2 guesses to Mystery Number

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• anant

  October 13, 2012 at 7:22 AM

  8

• Dude

  October 13, 2012 at 3:32 PM

  8 is correct, Anant
  .
  We need a number such that:

  2 x Number = 14 + 1 x Number
  –
  4

  Multiply throughout by 4 to give:

  8 x Number = 56 + Number

  So:

  7 x Number = 56

  You are today’s winner.