Question

Angad was thinking of a number. Angad halves the number and gets an answer of 78.5. Form an equation with x from the information.

Answer 1

Answer:

The number is 157

The equation is $\frac{x}{2}$ = 78.5     or    x/2 = 78.5

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that:

The half of a number is 78.5

To find:

The number given

Solution:

Let the number be denoted as x

As per the given conditions:

$\frac{x}{2}$ = 78.5

x = 78.5(2) = 78.5 × 2

∴ x = 157

∴ The value of the number Angad was thinking, which was denoted as x is 157