Problema Solution
The sum of one dash half
of a number, one dash fourth
of the number, and one dash eighth
of the number is fourteen
.
Find the number.
The number is nothing
.
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Answer provided by our tutors
The problem statement is ambiguous... we interpret "one dash" to mean a fraction "1/".
Let 'x' represent a number:
(1/2)x+(1/4)x+(1/8)x=14
x=16
So the number would resolve to 16.