Three times a number added to eight is fourteen. Find the number.

Answer 1

3x + 8 = 14

3x = 6

x = 2

You might be tempted to write

3(x+8) = 14

3x +24 = 14

3x = -10

x = -10/3

but PEMDAS, the order of operations does multiplication M before addition A.

so go with x=2. But if the problem was miscopied, solution could be 10/3