The quotient of a number and 3, less 8, is 16. What is the number?

Answer:The number is 72.        Step-by-step explanation:Let x be the number.We are given that the quotient of a number and 3, less 8, is 16.Thus, we can write this in the form of equation as:[tex]\displaystyle\frac{x}{3} - 8 = 16\\\\\frac{x}{3}-8 +8 = 16 + 8\\\\\frac{x}{3} = 24\\\\x = 3\times 24 = 72[/tex]Thus, the number is 72.

The way I am reading this is 16=(x/3)-8. In that case, x=72. I hope that's the right way of interpreting this :)