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GRE Algebra – Word Problems

January 25, 2013 By K S Baskar Leave a Comment

When four is added to six times a number and the result squared, the result obtained is four times the square of the sum of the number and its next multiple. What is the number?

Explanation:

The question can be directly converted to an equation as follows.
Let ‘n’ be the number.
(4 + 6n)2= 4(n + 2n)2
22(2 + 3n)2 = 4(3n)2
4 + 12n + 9n2= 9n2
n = 

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