9 is one-third of a number x

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    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    9 is one-third of a number x

    A number x can be written as x
    x

    one-third of a number x means we multiply x by 1/3:
    x/3

    The phrase is means an equation, so we set 9 equal to x/3 to get our final algebraic expression of:
    x/3 = 9

    If the problem asks you to solve for x, you type this algebraic expression into our search engine and you get:
    x = 27
     

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