Question

Cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 2 from a certain number and then divide the result by 4. instead she subtracted 4 and then divided the result by 2, giving an answer of 27. What would her answer have been if she had worked the problem correctly

Answer 1

x= the number

Her teacher asked Cindy to subtract 2 from a certain number and divide the result by 4.

(x-2)/4

Instead, she subtracted 4 and divided the result by 2, which gave her an answer of 27.

(x-4)/2 = 27

x-4=27*2

x=54+4

x=58

What would her answer have been if she had solved the problem correctly?

(58-2)/4=14

the number is 14