Martin the mathemagician says he can read your mind. He tells you to think of any two-digit number.
Add 10 to this number.
Multiply the result by 6.
Subtract 6 from the result.
Divide the number by 3.
Subtract the original number that you thought of.
Add 9 to the result.
Subtract the original number that you thought of.
Martin claims to know your final result. What is this number?
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we should add 7 in place of 9 to get correct answer
Good solution !
yeah good one michael
Which Rule You Applied To Subtract 6 Is Wrong
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Hi Tahseen, I'm not sure I completely follow, would you mind showing me an example of how you would subtract a number in an expression similar to this? Many thanks, Mike
Nice :)
Very good solution, same process followed
(6a+60) - 6 how would you subtract only 60 why not 6a
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It's a good question, Naveena. When multiplying out a bracket you would need to times by both terms. However when you add or subtract from them it is not the case. Consider (4+5) - 2.
4+5 = 9 and 9 - 2 = 7. So seven is the correct value for this expression because we always evaluate brackets first.
However if I just took from 5 the answer would still be 7.
(4+5) - 2 = (4+ 3) = 7
And the same goes for the four:
(4+5) - 2 = (2+5) = 7
However, if I took your suggestion and took two from both terms I would come out with the wrong answer:
(4+5) - 2 = (2+3)
(2+3) = 5, which is the wrongs answer.
You can normally think of addition and subtraction without brackets as long as you're careful with negative and positive numbers:
(4+5)-2 = 4+5-2
Hope this helps!
Any two-digit number can be written in the form 1 0 a + b where a and b are positive integers.By adding 1 0 the new number will be 1 0 a + b + 1 0 .By multiplying it by 6 , we obtain 6 ( 1 0 a + b + 1 0 ) .Subtract 6 and we have 6 ( 1 0 a + b + 9 ) .Dividing by 3 we get 2 ( 1 0 a + b + 9 ) .Subtracting the original number and we have 1 0 a + b + 1 8 .Add 9 and we have 1 0 a + b + 2 7 .Subtracting the original number and we are left with 2 7 .Wow , we have no more variables and the final answer is 2 7 .Therefore the number we obtained after doing all these operations is 2 7 .
I saw the first solution and i want to say that it is strongly recommended that a two-digit number should be written in the form 1 0 a + b because in this problem it was not important but usually it is very useful to solve the problem.
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I agree but if we look closely we see that all the operations involved are simple arithmetic operations of a linear equation in one variable. So, I don't think it's NECESSARY to take the number i the form 1 0 a + b and maintain two variables and doing all that stuff.
Thanks Lorenc that's a great idea and I'm sure I'll find it useful in the future :)
Let the original number about which we thought be x . So, the above statements in the word problem can be converted to a single mathematical expression (a linear equation in a single variable) as follows:
Step - 1 : Add 10 to this number. => x + 1 0
Step - 2 : Multiply the result by 6. => ( x + 1 0 ) × 6
Step - 3 : Subtract 6 from the result. => ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6
Step - 4 : Divide the number by 3. => 3 ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6
Step - 5 : Subtract the original number that you thought of. => 3 ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6 − x
Step - 6 : Add 9 to the result. = > 3 ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6 − x + 9
Step - 7 : Subtract the original number that you thought of. = > 3 ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6 − x + 9 − x
So, all these haywire arithmetic yields us the value of x , which is the number we thought and Martin claims to know.
Therefore, the value of the above expression is equal to the original number we thought, i.e., x .
So, 3 ( x + 1 0 ) × 6 − 6 − x + 9 − x = x
We can easily solve this equation now to get the value of x as 2 7 , which is the answer.
good explanation
Genius!!!
That was easy
a=any number you want
in this case i chose number 1
just follow the instruction:
1+10=11
11*6=66
66-6=60
60/3=20
20-1=19
19+9=28
28-1=27
answer is 27
let the number be "x" the given process can be expressed as : first x+10,then 6(x+10)=6x+60 after that -6 which gives 6x+54 then divide 6x=54 by 3 which gives 2x+18 next 2x+18-x=x+18 next x+18+9=x+27 next x+27-x=27
this expression is constant expression whose value evaluates to 27
Let the number we think be x
Add 10 to this number. = (x+10),
Multiply the result by 6. = (x+10 ) × 6,
Subtract 6 from the result. = 6x +10 - 6,
Divide the number by 3. = (6x +54) / 3,
Subtract the original number that you thought of. = (6x +54) -3x / 3,
Add 9 to the result. = (6x+54-3x)/3 + 9 ⇒ (6x+54-3x+27)/3,
Subtract the original number that you thought of. = (6x+54-3x+27)/3 - x ⇒ (6x+54-3x+27+3x)/3,
⇒ (6x-3x-3x+27+54)/3 ⇒ 81/( 3 )=27 .
nothing to do in this
just think and follow the steps above
at the end result would be your answer.
in every case answer would be 27.
Any two digit number can be represented in the form 10 x + y where x is digit in tens place and y is digit in units place. then replicating the said steps we have: 10 x + y + 10. (10 x + y +10)*6. 60 x +6 y +60 -6. (60 x +60 y + 54)/3. 20 x +2 y +18 -(10 x +y). 10 x + y + 18 +9. 10 x + y + 27-(10 x +y). 27 is the required answer
obviously you got the right answer by this case,this isn't a problem.If you just do what mathematician want you to do,by following what instructed in this case. the answer is fully given. The mathematician tells us to think any 2-digit number, then add 10 times 6 minus 6 divide 3 minus ur 2 digit number u choose add 9 minus the number u choose and you arrived the answer. easy
You just follow the steps, choosing a random 2 digit number and your final result is the answer.
For Example You Thought 20 Than Add 10 It Up 30 By Multiply 6 It Made 180 Now Subtract 6 it Be 174 Than Dividing By 3 It Is 58 Now Subtract Your Thought 20 It Raised To 38 Add 9 It Go To 47 Again Subtract You Thought 20 Now Left 27 Is The Answer . The Solution is 1st 10 we add consider it 1 than we multiply 6 total is 7 , you should ask final answer than subtract 7 it be the amount that thought others
i thought in mind just 10. and i first add 10+10 then multply by 6 20 X 6 =60 then subtract 6 120 - 6 = 114 then divide by 3 114/3 = 38 then i subtract 10 form 38 38 -10 = 28 then Add 9 with this 28+9 =37 then subtract 10 from 37 37-10=27 and this is correct answer
If you ask me, I just followed the steps as told by Martin here and I got the answer as 2 7 . LOL...xD
That's exactly what I did!
That's It!!!
Let's think of any two-digit number n .
n + 1 0
( n + 1 0 ) × 6
6 ( n + 1 0 ) − 6
3 6 ( n + 1 0 ) − 6 = 2 ( n + 1 0 ) − 2
2 ( n + 1 0 ) − 2 − n
2 ( n + 1 0 ) − 2 − n + 9
2 ( n + 1 0 ) − 2 − n + 9 − n = 2 n + 2 0 − 2 − n + 9 − n = 2 7
That's the answer!
2n+20-2-n+9=0 2n-n+20-2+9=0 n+20+7=0 n+27=0 n=-27
let our number be x thus,{ [ ( x + 10 ) * 6 ] - 6 } / 3 - x + 9 - x = [ ( x + 10)* 2 - 2] - 2x + 9 = 2 ( x+ 9 ) - 2x + 9 = 18 + 9 = 27
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let our number be a . All we need to do is manipulate a in the way that we have been instructed to:
a + 1 0 = ( a + 1 0 ) 6 × ( a + 1 0 ) = ( 6 a + 6 0 ) ( 6 a + 6 0 ) − 6 = ( 6 a + 5 4 ) 3 ( 6 a + 5 4 ) = ( 2 a + 1 8 ) ( 2 a + 1 8 ) − a = ( a + 1 8 ) ( a + 1 8 ) + 9 = ( a + 2 7 ) ( a + 2 7 ) − a = 2 7
Whoo!