Question

The quotient of a number and 5 increased by 8 is equal to 14

Answer 1

The answer is 7

A quotient is the answer of a division.
Let
x
be the unknown number.
The quotient of
x
and
−
5
is
(
x
−
5
)
.
"Increased by one" means add
1
, so now we have
(
x
−
5
)
+
1