When Raju multiplies a certain number by $17$ and adds $40$ to the product, he gets $225$ .Find the number?

Open in App

Solution

Let the number be $x$

Raju multiplies a certain number by $17 = 17 x$

and adds $40$ to the product $= 17 x + 40$

Result $= 225$
$\Rightarrow 17 x + 40 = 225$

$\Rightarrow 17 x = 225 - 40 = 185$

$\Rightarrow x = \frac{185}{17}$

$∴ x = \frac{185}{17}$

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. When Raju multiplies a certain number by 17 and adds 4 to the product, he gets 225. Find that number.

When when we multiply this certain number by 17 And adds 4 to the product he gets 225 find the number

Q. A boy was asked to multiply a given number by

\frac{8}{17}

. Instead, he divided the given number by

\frac{8}{17}

and got the result

225

more than what he should have got if he multiplied the number by

\frac{8}{17}

. The given number was _____.

Q28. A boy was asked to multiply a given number by $\frac{8}{17}$ Instead, he divided the given number by $\frac{8}{17}$ and got the resulitres 225 more than what he should have got If he had multiplied the number by 8/17. The given number was

Q. Barun thinks of a number and adds 40 to it. He then divides the result by 5 and gets the number back which he thought of. The number is

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

When Raju multiplies a certain number by 17 and adds 40 to the product, he gets 225.Find the number?

Let the number be xRaju multiplies a certain number by 17=17xand adds 40 to the product =17x+40Result=225⇒17x+40=225⇒17x=225−40=185⇒x=18517∴x=18517

When Raju multiplies a certain number by $17$ and adds $40$ to the product, he gets $225$ .Find the number?

Let the number be $x$

Raju multiplies a certain number by $17 = 17 x$

and adds $40$ to the product $= 17 x + 40$

Result $= 225$
$\Rightarrow 17 x + 40 = 225$

$\Rightarrow 17 x = 225 - 40 = 185$

$\Rightarrow x = \frac{185}{17}$

$∴ x = \frac{185}{17}$