Find the number

Six times a number is 16 more than two times the number.  What is the number?

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x = the number

6x = 2x + 16   {six times a number is 16 more than 2 times the number}
4x = 16   {subtracted 2x from each side}
x = 4   {divided each side by 4}

The number is 4

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