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?

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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