Question

Nandini and Bhumika are very good friends.They decided to play a game
.Nandini asked Bhumika to think of a number and subtract 2/3 from
it.Then she asked to multiply the result by 6 again ,she asked to add 8 in
the result. Now Bhumika said,"The number I obtained is 7 times the same
number I thought of".
i. Write the equation to find the number that Bhumika thought of.
ii. Find the number.
iii. What would be the number if Bhumika subtracts 3/2 instead of 2/3?
iv. What is the difference between both the results ?

Answer 1

Answer:

i) 6 (x-2/3) +8 = 7x

ii) x = 4

iii) x = -1

iv) 5