The quotient of 40 and 4 more than x is 8. Find x.

x = 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Since it says quotient, that shows that 8 will be the answer of a division problem.

"4 more than x" means that it is x+4.

From there we can write out our equation: 40 / (x +4) = 8.

We want to get rid of that fraction, so we multiply by (x+4) on both sides which will result in:

40 = 8x + 32

Then, we subtract 32 from both sides:

8 = 8x

Finally, to get x, we divide 8 from both sides:

x = 1

32

step-by-step explanation:

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step-by-step explanation:

since the sequence is geometric there is a common ratio r between consecutive terms, that is

r = 4 ÷ - 2 = - 2

r = - 8 ÷ 4 = - 2

r = 16 ÷ 8 = - 2

the next term - 13 must be incorrect as it should be - 32 for the sequence to be geometric.

the first 4 terms are therefore geometric with common ratio r = - 2