Question

Sushil was thinking of a number. Sushil adds 7 to it, then doubles it and gets an answer of 85.5. What was the original number?

Answer 1

39.25

Explanation:

Answer 2

35.75

Explanation:

x+7

Now we double it or multiply it by 2.

2(x+7)

And this is supposed to be equal to 85.5

2(x+7) = 85.5

x+7 = 42.75

x = 35.75