Charlotte thinks of a number. She increases it by one fifth, and then reduces that answer by one half.
She finishes with 39.
What number did she start with?

Charlotte started with 65.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find what number Charlotte started with, we need to go backward. So first, multiply by 2, then multiply by 5/6. 39 multiplied by 2 is 78, which is 6/5 of the number Charlotte started with. So what we need to do is multiply 78 by 5/6. That equals 390/6, which is 65. The problem has been solved. Charlotte started with 65.

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step-by-step explanation:

"it's not the heat, it's the humidity".   that's a partly valid phrase you may have heard in the summer, but it's actually both.   the heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature.   this has important considerations for the human body's comfort.   when the body gets too hot, it begins to perspire or sweat to cool itself off.   if the perspiration is not able to evaporate, the body cannot regulate its temperature.   evaporation is a cooling process.   when perspiration is evaporated off the body, it effectively reduces the body's temperature.   when the atmospheric moisture content (i.e. relative humidity) is high, the rate of perspiration from the body decreases.   in other words, the human body feels warmer in humid conditions.   the opposite is true when the relative humidity decreases because the rate of perspiration increases.   the body actually feels cooler in arid conditions.   there is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).

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