SOLUTION: A student calculated an answer to be 50. However, the calculation the student did was multiplication by 3/8 instead of division by 3/8. What is the correct answer?
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Question 1107705: A student calculated an answer to be 50. However, the calculation the student did was multiplication by 3/8 instead of division by 3/8. What is the correct answer? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A student calculated an answer to be 50.
However, the calculation the student did was multiplication by 3/8 instead of division by 3/8.
What is the correct answer?
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Find the original number (n) n = 50
3n = 50 * 8
n = 400/3
n = 133
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Perform the correct operation,
when dividing, invert the dividing fraction and multiply * = = 355
