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Alex was thinking of a number. Alex doubles it and gets an answer of 16.9. What was the original number?
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Alex was thinking of a number. Alex doubles it and gets an answer of 16.9. What was the original number?

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Answer:

8.45

Explanation:

Doubling a number is the same as multiplying by 2, so to go back to the original number you divide 16.9 by 2

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