Question

if you subtract me from 16, you get me. Who am I

Answer 1

let the number be x

16-x=x
16=x+x
16=2x
16/2=x
x=8
hence the number is 8

Answer 2

Answer: 16 - 8 = 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The number 16

To find : The number which is subtracted from 16

let the number to be subtracted from 16 be x

We need to find two numbers which are unknown to us. Hence to find the missing values we take variable x to denote both the numbers for our convenience. Thus we take x to denote the missing variables we need to find so find the desired value.

16 - x = x

16 = x + x

16 = 2x

16/2=x

x = 8

hence the number is 8.

Thus the number 8 is to be subtracted from x so as to get 8.

Hence we get 16 - 8 = 8 which implies that 8 needs to be subtracted or deducted from 16 so as to get 8 as the final value.

Answer = 16 - 8 = 8

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