Nine more than nine times a number is twenty-seven.

Question

We need to put it in an algebraic equation form and solve it

 

Answer 1

Let x= the number

 

9x = nine times the number

 

9x + 9 = nine more than the number

 

9x + 9 = 27

       -9    -9

9x = 18

 

9x/9 = 18/9

 

x = 2