Question

Translate the sentence into an equation.

Answer 1

For this case we must interpret the following expression algebraically:

"The quotient of a number and 8 is 16"

Let x be the variable that represents the unknown number.

Then we have the following expression:

$\frac {x} {8} = 16$

Clearing the variable "x":

$x = 16 * 8\\x = 128$

Answer:

$x = 128$