I have a number if I add 6 then divide it by three it makes six what is my number?
Your description is this:
(x + 6)/3 = 6
Solving for x: Multiply both sides by 3
x + 6 = 18 Subtract 6 from each side
x = 12
I have a number if I add 6 then divide it by three it makes six what is my number?
(x + 6) /3=6
x+6=18
x=18-6
x=12
+4082 So better than mine but if it's so simple why yo need a big fancy equation?
Coldplay.....just because YOU can solve it in your head does not mean others can !
Some people need to SEE how to get the answer, need to show their work etc.....
A good portion of the questions asked on this forum can be answered by a good portion of us just by 'doing it in our head'....but we had to learn how to think to be able to do so and this is how we learned when we were starting out...
