Ten Times The Sum Of Half A Number And 6 Is 8. Need It In Equation Form With The Answer Please.

Answer 1

Let's let a number be "n". Then half a number would be "n/2". The sum of half a number and 6 will be "n/2 + 6" and 10 times that will be 10(n/2 + 6).

Now we want that to be equal to 8 (in a word problem "is" means "equals") so:

10(n/2 + 6) = 8

Now, to solve this, multiply it out and combine like terms. Start by distributing the "10" to the two items inside the parenthesis meaning 10 times n/2 (which is 5n) then 10 times 6 (which is 60). That would give you:

5n + 60 = 8

The subtract 60 from both sides, etc