One quarter of the difference of a number and 3is2. Find the number?

Answer 1

Let's call the number "x".

The difference between a number (x) and 3 is x - 3.

One quarter of that difference is 1/4 * (x - 3).

According to the given information, this expression is equal to 2.

So we can set up the equation:

1/4 * (x - 3) = 2

To solve for x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 4 to get rid of the fraction:

4 * 1/4 * (x - 3) = 2 * 4

This simplifies to:

x - 3 = 8

Next, we can add 3 to both sides of the equation to isolate x:

x - 3 + 3 = 8 + 3

This simplifies to:

x = 11

Therefore, the number is 11.