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Problem
Connie multiplies a number by 2 and gets 60 as her answer. However, she should have divided the number by 2 to get the correct answer. What is the correct answer?
Solution
If 
is the number, then 
and 
. Diving the number by 
yields 
.
See Also
| 2005 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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