Question

1) Pick any number
2) add 5
3) Double it
4) Subtract 4
5) divide 2
6) Subtract the original number
7) The number always comes out to 3
My question is how do i write it in this type format.
step 1 is N
step 2 is N +5
step 3 is

What are the other steps?

Answer 1

haha ive seen this before, you can actually create any variation of it you want

Answer 2

3) 2*(N+5)
4) 2*(N+5)-4
5) (2*(N+5)-4)/2
6) (2*(N+5)-4)/2 - N
7) (2*(N+5)-4)/2 - N = 3

Solve for N

Answer 3

Thanks lin, I fell asleep for that part of the class lmfao, no joke.