Question 93
Solve the following:
If 12 is substracted from a number and the difference is multiplied by 4. the result is 5. What is the number?
Let the number be x.
According to the equation,
4(x−12)=5⇒4x−2=5⇒4x=5+2⇒4x=7∴x=74
Hence, the required number is 74.