Question

please give the solution - instead of adding 27 to a number. Pooja subtracted it from the number and got a wrong answer. If her answer was exactly one third of the right answer, what was the number
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Answer 1

Answer:

54

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the actual number be x

Right answer ⇒ x + 27

Wrong answer ⇒ x - 27

Given that wrong answer is one-third of right answer,

⇒ x - 27 = 1/3 * (x + 27)

⇒ 3(x - 27) = x + 27      [Multiplying both sides by 3]

⇒ 3x - 81 = x + 27

⇒ 3x - x = 27 + 81

⇒ 2x = 108

⇒ x = 54