Question

Sasha thought of a number. She called her number m. She divided her number by the difference of 87 and 75. She added 44 to the result, and she got 50. What is m equal to?

Answer 1

72

Explanation:

you work backwards.

first you do 50-44=6

87-75=12

12×6=72

m=72

Answer 2

72

Explanation:

87-75 = 12

(m/12) +44 =50

m/12 = 6

m= 72