What value correctly fills in the blank so that the expressions are equivalent?

Question

32 + 72 = ____ (4 + 9)

Answer 1

To find the value that correctly fills in the blank, we first calculate the left side of the equation:

$$32+72=104$$

Next, we calculate the value of $(4+9)$:

$$4+9=13$$

Now, we can set up the equation based on the original expression:

$$104=\text{blank}\times 13$$

To find the value that fills in the blank, we can solve for it by dividing $104$ by $13$:

$$\text{blank}=\frac{104}{13}=8$$

Thus, the value that correctly fills in the blank is:

$$\boxed{{\displaystyle 8}}$$