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Andrew is trying to create a number puzzle for his younger sister to solve. He challenges his sister to find the mystery number. “When is 8 subtracted from half number of a number, the result is 10” the equation to represent the mystery number is 1/2x - 8 = 10 , Andrews sister tries to guess the mystery number. Andrews sister makes three guesses to what the answer is. She guesses. 4, 18 and 36. Which one is correct ?

Andrew is trying to create a number puzzle for his younger sister to solve. He challenges-example-1
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Answer:

36

Explanation:

1/2(36)-8=10

18-8=10

10=10

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