3 years ago

Gordon was thinking of a number. Gordon doubles it, then adds 20 to get an answer of 66.3. What was the original number?

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2 answers:

DerKrebs [107]3 years ago

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

if you set it up as an eqaution to solve its like this x+20=66.3 then just solve

alexdok [17]3 years ago

3 0

Answer:

The number was 32,15

Step-by-step explanation:66.3-20=46.3

46.3:2=23.25

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