Elementary Brain Teaser

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Not 102

Posted: July 22, 2024

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You were asked by your math teacher to subtract eight from a certain number and then divide the result by 10. By mistake, you subtracted ten from the given number and then divided the result by eight giving a final answer of 102. What would your answer have been if he had followed the directions correctly?

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