Question

Some number was divided into 42. This quotient was then multiplied by 8,after which the resulting product was added to 10. Given this sum totalled to 34,find the initial number.

Answer 1

126

Explanation:

In order to find the initial number, we need to create the expression that is being mentioned and solve for the initial value by applying the opposite expressions to isolate the variable.

(((x / 42) * 8) + 10) = 34 ... subtract 10 from both sides

((x / 42) * 8) = 24 ... divide both sides by 8

(x / 42) = 3 ... multiply both sides by 42

x = 126

Finally, we can see that the initial value was 126