william counted the legs on a centipede he told max if you multiply the number of legs by 2 and divide by 7 you get 8 how many legs did the centipede have?

Answer 1

Let x = the number of legs.

2x / 7 = 8

Multiply both sides of the equation by 7.

2x = 56

x = 28

Answer 2

What you have to do is work backwords. First since it says"you get 8" and before that is says "divide by 7" you have to multiply 8x7 because your working backwords. Then it says to multiply by 2, you have to divide by 2. 8x7 is 56 and 56/2 is 28. Now you know that the centipede had 28 legs.

Answer 3

28