Question

A certain number is multiplied by 3, and then 5 is added to the result. The final answer is 41. What is the number

Answer 1

You have to use inverse operations to solve this. The opposite of addiction is subtraction. So 41-5=36. The opposite of multiplication is division and 36/3 is 12. The number is 12.

Answer 2

To solve this problem, first we need to subtract 5 from 41, which gives us 36.  Then we divide it by 3.  The answer is 13.  We used inverse operations to solve this problem.