i am thinking of a number i multiply by 14 qand add 12 i get the same answer if i multiply by 5 and add 246

At the beginning of 1974/75,2 years a man invested #2000 in a bank at 12.5% compound interest, if it degree #650 at the end of each two years to pay his son's school fees, after payment of interest to pay his son's school fees, how much did he have left at the beginning of the 1978/79 school year?

Acircus act has 3 times as many elephants as acrobats. jorge noticed that all together there were 56 legs in the circus ring. how many elephants were in the show?

3x = 729 solve for x plz . it's urgent. will mark