If you triple 4 and subtract 2 each day, how many days until you have zero?
triple 4 means 3 times 4:
3 x 4 = 12
since we subtract 2 from 12 each day , we need to divide 12 by 2 to get the number of days needed to reach zero:
12 / 2 = 6 days
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To find out how many days it takes until you have zero by tripling 4 and subtracting 2 each day, we can use a method called working backwards or inverse operations.
Start by thinking about the process in reverse. If you have zero on the last day, then the day before that you would have added 2 to get to zero.
So, to get from 2 to zero, you would need to divide by 3 (since dividing by 3 and tripling are inverse operations) since tripling 2 gives 6, and then subtracting 2 yields 4.
Now, we can continue working backwards. Starting with 4, we divide it by 3, resulting in approximately 1.333. Since we cannot have a fraction of a day, we need to round up to 2.
Therefore, it would take 2 days until you have zero by tripling 4 and subtracting 2 each day.