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Bonita thought of a number and divided it by 8.

What can she do to get back her original number?


A. Divide by 8 again

B. Subtract 8

C. Multiply by 8

D. Add 8

User Maddhruv
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Answer: C. multiply by 8 because multiply is backwards division

Explanation:

User Iamnagaky
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Answer:

Multiply by 8

Explanation:

To undo an arithmetic operation, such as division, an inverse operation needs to be applied, in this case multiplication.

Let x denote the number Bonita thought of. She then divided it by 8, so the result was x/8. She then, for some reason, forgot the original number x but still had access to x/8 and still remembered that she divided by 8. She can get the orginal number, x, by multiplying: (x/8)*8=x.

Multiplication and Division are mutually inverse. Addition and Subtraction are another example of mutually inverse operations.

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