Question

Question #969c9

Answer 1

`2`

Explanation:

We can think of this problem by setting up an equation:

You are asking `27` times "what" equals `54`.

If we translate this using mathematical symbols we can say that:
`27` times a number `n` is `54` which is to say:

`27n=54`

This is now a simple mathematical equation to which we can solve for `n` thus:

Divide `27` on both sides to isolate the variable `n`

`cancel(27/27)n=54/27`

`n=2`

So we found the "what" in our sentence such that we can now conclude that `27` times `2` is equal to `54` or rather `27*2=54`