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the product of 16 and 4 less than a number is 208. Find the number.



Sagot :

This is a word problem signifying an algebraic expression.

Translating this to mathematics:

[tex] 16x - 4 = 208 [/tex]

add 4 to both sides.

[tex] 16x = 212 [/tex] 

divide 16 to both sides. 

[tex] x = \frac{212}{16} [/tex] 

this is:

[tex] x = 13.25 [/tex]