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If you take a number, times by 4 then subtract 1. You get the same as if you took the number, times by 6 then add 9. What is the number?

If you take a number, times by 4 then subtract 1. You get the same as if you took the number, times by 6 then add 9. What is the number?
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If you take a number, times by 4 then subtract 1. You get the same as if you took the number, times by 6 then add 9. What is the number?

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User Vitor Vicente
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Answer:

-5

Explanation:

4x-1=6x+9

-1-9=6x-4x

-10=2x

x=-5

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