Question

The product of 16 and 4 less than a number is 208. Find the number.

Answer 1

This is a word problem signifying an algebraic expression.

Translating this to mathematics:

$16x - 4 = 208$

add 4 to both sides.

$16x = 212$ 

divide 16 to both sides. 

$x = \frac{212}{16}$ 

this is:

$x = 13.25$