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  • 24-02-2019
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when 50% of a number is added to the number, the result is 150

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AnikaMehrotra AnikaMehrotra
  • 24-02-2019

Answer:  The original number was 100.

Step-by-step explanation:

We can translate the sentence into this equation, if we can our number "x".

x + .5x = 150

Then we can solve for x

1.5x = 150 ==> x = 100

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