The product of 8 and the difference between a number and 9 is 96. what is the number?

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Scarlet Wu

15 September, 16:11

The product of 8 and the difference between a number and 9 is 96. what is the number?

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Kendall Wheeler · Answer 1

The number is 21. First you should divide 96 by 8 to find the 'product' that it talks about. That number is 12. So the product of 8 and 12 is 96. But, then you have to find the difference between a number and nine that makes 12. Easy! Just add 9 and 12, and you get 21 as your answer!