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?

Let x = the number of legs.

2x / 7 = 8

Multiply both sides of the equation by 7.

2x = 56

x = 28

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.

28

To find the number of legs the centipede had, we can break down the information given into a mathematical equation and solve for the unknown value.

Let's assign a variable to represent the number of legs the centipede had. We'll call it "x".

Based on the information provided, William stated that if you multiply the number of legs by 2 and divide by 7, you get 8. We can translate this into an equation as follows:

(2 * x) / 7 = 8

To solve for x, we can start by getting rid of the fraction by multiplying both sides of the equation by 7:

(2 * x) = 8 * 7

Simplifying the right side:

2x = 56

To isolate x, divide both sides of the equation by 2:

x = 56 / 2

x = 28

Therefore, the centipede had 28 legs.