Question

James was asked to add 5 to a number and multiply the result by 5. He however first subtracted 5 from the number and then divided by 5, getting 5 as the answer. What is the correct answer?​

Answer 1

175

Explanation:

Let's see what James DID to the number (let it be x):

x - 5 [firstly he did this]

then

(x - 5)/5

This is equal to 5.

So,

`(x-5)/(5)=5\\x-5=25\\x=30`

So, this number is 30

The correct answer would thus be:

Adding 5 to 30, which gives us 35

And then multiply by 5, which gives us 35 * 5 = 175