Question

cindy was asked by her teacher to subtract 3 from a certain number and then divide the result by 6 instead, she subtracted 6 and then divided the result by 3 giving an answer of 25 what would her answer have been if she had worked the problem correctly?

Answer 1

The answer u been waiting for is -132

Answer 2

13

Explanation:

let the number be x

how Cindy worked it out :

(x -6) ÷ 3 = 25

x -6 = 75

x = 81

How she should have worked it out:

(x - 3) ÷ 6

(81 - 3) ÷ 6

78 ÷ 6 = 13