Question

John meant to divide a number by 2, but he was careless and subtracted 2 from the number instead. He got an answer of 22. What would his answer have been had he actually divided by 2 instead of subtracting 2?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

Step 1: Identify the original number before John did any operations to it:

Before we can determine John's actual answer, we need to determine which number he subtracted two from.

We can allow n to represent this number.

Since he subtracted 2 from n and got 22, we have the equation: n - 2 = 22

Adding 2 to both sides shows us that the original number is 24.

Step 2: Divide 24 by 2 to find John's answer:

24 / 2 = 12

Thus, had John his number (24) by 2, his answer would have been 12.