Question

Thirty-one is three more than twice a number divided by three

Answer 1

The answer is 22.6666667, hope this helps. You do this problem but backwards.

Answer 2

$31=3+2( \frac{x}{3} ) \\ 28=2( \frac{x}{3} ) \\ 14=( \frac{x}{3}) \\ 42=x$