The product of three and a number is eighteen find the number

Answer 1

Let's use the variable x to represent the unknown number.

Then we can write "the product of three and a number" as: 3x

Then "is eighteen" can be written as: = 18

Combining these gives us the following equation: 3x = 18

Solve using inverse operations:

3x = 18

3x/ 3 = 18/ 3

x = 6

The unknown number is 6