Patrick was born with 1/7 of his faults and acquired the rest during his teenage years. if we was born with 326 faults, how many does he have in total?

Remark

How does this poor soul survive?

Solution

Let the number of faults he has in his teens = x

1/7 of (of means multiply) those faults were there at birth.

1/7 x = 326 Solve for x by multiplying by 7

7 * (1/7 x) = 326 * 7

x = 2282 is the number of faults Patrick has. Answer