{"id":233006,"date":"2025-06-12T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=233006"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:53:04","slug":"nine-more-than-the-quotient-of-a-number-and-8-is-equal-to-3-use-the-variable-w-for-the-unknown-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/12\/nine-more-than-the-quotient-of-a-number-and-8-is-equal-to-3-use-the-variable-w-for-the-unknown-number\/","title":{"rendered":"nine more than the quotient of a number and 8 is equal to 3 Use the variable w for the unknown number."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>nine more than the quotient of a number and 8 is equal to 3 Use the variable w for the unknown number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Equation:<\/strong><br>Nine more than the quotient of a number and 8 is equal to 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1: Translate the words into an algebraic equation.<\/strong><br>Let the unknown number be represented by the variable www.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The quotient of a number and 8&#8221; means w8\\frac{w}{8}8w\u200b.<br>&#8220;Nine more than&#8221; this quotient means w8+9\\frac{w}{8} + 98w\u200b+9.<br>This expression is &#8220;equal to 3,&#8221; so the full equation is:w8+9=3\\frac{w}{8} + 9 = 38w\u200b+9=3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2: Solve the equation.<\/strong><br>Start by isolating the variable term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subtract 9 from both sides:w8+9\u22129=3\u22129\\frac{w}{8} + 9 &#8211; 9 = 3 &#8211; 98w\u200b+9\u22129=3\u22129w8=\u22126\\frac{w}{8} = -68w\u200b=\u22126<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, multiply both sides by 8 to eliminate the denominator:8\u22c5w8=\u22126\u22c588 \\cdot \\frac{w}{8} = -6 \\cdot 88\u22c58w\u200b=\u22126\u22c58w=\u221248w = -48w=\u221248<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Final Answer:<\/strong>w=\u221248w = -48w=\u221248<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation (Textbook Style):<\/strong><br>In solving algebraic equations that involve words, the first step is to translate the written statement into a mathematical equation. The phrase &#8220;the quotient of a number and 8&#8221; refers to a division, specifically dividing a number www by 8, which gives the expression w8\\frac{w}{8}8w\u200b. Next, the phrase &#8220;nine more than&#8221; tells to add 9 to this expression, resulting in w8+9\\frac{w}{8} + 98w\u200b+9. This sum is stated to be equal to 3, which sets up the equation w8+9=3\\frac{w}{8} + 9 = 38w\u200b+9=3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this equation, begin by simplifying it. Subtracting 9 from both sides isolates the fraction:w8=\u22126\\frac{w}{8} = -68w\u200b=\u22126<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, to eliminate the denominator and solve for the variable www, multiply both sides of the equation by 8:w=\u221248w = -48w=\u221248<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, the value of the unknown number is \u221248-48\u221248. This means that if \u221248-48\u221248 is divided by 8, the result is \u22126-6\u22126, and adding 9 to this gives the final value of 3, which confirms the correctness of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner5-396.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233007\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nine more than the quotient of a number and 8 is equal to 3 Use the variable w for the unknown number. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Equation:Nine more than the quotient of a number and 8 is equal to 3. 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