Question

Fourteen less than eight times a number is three more than four times the number. What is the number?

Answer 1

$$\begin{gathered} \mathrm{Let}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{number}\mathrm{is}\mathrm{x}. \\ \mathrm{According}\mathrm{to}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{question}, \\ 8\mathrm{x}-14=3+4\mathrm{x} \\ 4\mathrm{x}=17 \\ \mathrm{x}=\frac{17}{4} \end{gathered}$$