Algebra 1 question

Question

The quotient of e plus 2 and 5 results in 4

Answer 1

e + 2

-------- = 4

5

multiply both sides by 5 to cancel 5 in denominator

e + 2 = 20

subtract 2 from both sides to solve for e

e = 18

Answer 2

"Quotient" really just means "division". So the statement becomes "if you add 2 to e, and then divide by 5, you get 4". So let's go backwards, we have 4 at the end, let's multiply by 5 to "revert" the division, that's 20. Then we had added 2, so we need to subtract 2 to get to the original number:

e = 18

Or we can say this with an equation:

(e + 2) / 5 = 4

e + 2 = 4 * 5 = 20

e = 18