The difference of a number and 4/3 is 11/3. What is the number?

First, write an equation to describe the situation.
+ - . ➗ = y 4/3 11/3

3 answers

x - 4/3 = 11/3
What is the number?
To find the number, we need to solve for x in the equation:

x - 4/3 = 11/3

To isolate x, we can add 4/3 to both sides of the equation:

x - 4/3 + 4/3 = 11/3 + 4/3
x = 15/3
x = 5

Therefore, the number is 5.