If 50 is subtracted from two-third of a number, the result is equal to sum of 40 and one-fourth of that number. What is the number ?

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Let the number be x. Then, 2/3x-50 = 1/4x +50 => 5/12x = 90 x = (90 x 12) / 5 = 216

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