Question

Malachy was thinking of a number. Malachy halves it and gets an answer of 38.2. What was the original number

Answer 1

Answer:x=Original number =76.4

Explanation:

Let the original number Malachy was thinking about be x

Halving it becomes = 1/2 x

the equation to solve for x = 1/2 x = 38.2

so that x = 2 x 38.2

x=76.4