Answer:38
Step-by-step explanation:if you take 24 and subtract the five she added, it gives you 19 and since she divided it by two you would multiply it by two to get the original number she was thinking of
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Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the smaller number. Then the larger number is 8x, and the difference is ...
8x -x = 280
7x = 280 . . . . . simplify
x = 40 . . . . . . divide by 7
The larger number is 8x = 8(40) = 320.
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<em>Additional comment</em>
Effectively, we have solved for the multiplier (40) that gives the ratio with 320 on top and a difference between top and bottom of 280:

The age of citizens allowed to vote is x:
x >= 18
B
the age of citizens allowed to vote, x, is all the line number from 18 to the right, than is x equal or greater than 18