Respuesta :
Answer:
• positive answer: 9
• negative answer: -6
Step-by-step explanation:
Since you know your multiplication tables, you are familiar with the fact 6·9 = 54. One of these factors is 3 larger than the other, so is the answer you seek.
The number is 9.
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These multiplication problems often have negative solutions as well. Usually, the negative solution is the other factor of the pair, but with a minus sign. Here, that is -6:
(-6)(-9) = 54 . . . . . where -9 is 3 less than -6.
Answer:
9
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's break it down
" A number is multiplied "
Okay so we know that a number is being multiplied
" by the number 3 less than itself"
So whatever number it is, (lets use x) is being multiplied by a number (lets use y) 3 less then itself. So x - 3 = y and x·y = 54
So I started dividing all the numbers 1 - 9
54 ÷ 9 = 6
54 ÷ 8 = 6.75
54 ÷ 7 = 7.71~
54 ÷ 6 = 9
Then I stopped
Read the question again
"A number is multiplied by the number 3 less than itself. The result is 54."
A number - 9
Multiplied by the number 3 LESS then itself - 6
The result is 54 - 9 × 6 = 54
Hope that helps ^^