717 exceeds twelve times a number by 57. What is the number?

Answer 1

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717 = 12x + 57
660 = 12x
x = 660/12

ANSWER : x = 55

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Answer 2

717 = 12x + 57
x = 55

Answer 3

It's got to be 55 right?

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My brain

Answer 4

55

Answer 5

(717 minus 57) divide by 12 equals ??

Answer 6

Is it just me or in her question, when it says 12x a number "by" 57, wouldn't that mean multiplying?

Answer 7

If you buy 12 hats that all cost the same amount of money each, and you went into the store with $717 and came out with only $57 left, then how much did you pay for each hat?
Well, you know that the total cost for all 12 hats was what you went in with, minus what you came out with.
Figure that out first and then divide by 12 (because division is the opposite of multiplication). Good luck!

Answer 8

Sometimes it helps to reword it.

717 is 57 more than something multiplied by 12.

So first you have to figure out what is 717-57. That would be 660.

So, something multiplied by 12 equals 660. That is 55.