Problema Solution

Peddle's Bike Shop had a used bike reduction and lost 1/14 of its used bikes. If 286 used bikes were left after the reduction, how many used bikes were there originally?

The original number of used bikes were _______.

Answer provided by our tutors

The original number is x

x - x/14 = 286

x = 308

So

The original number of used bikes were 308