If you calculate with with both numbers the same for men, women and children (x) the correct answer is always:
((x+2)x²+x)
If different (Men x) (Women y) and (Children z)
(x+ xz + xyz + xy)
Well, that depends on how you interpret the first line. We interpreted the problem differently. I went with; each husband had one wife. So, my calculation was:
((7 x 7) x 2) + 14 or 8 x 14
Either way my answer was 112.
You figured each husband had 7 wives, which drastically changes the results. For your version, there are exactly 4 times as many people, so your answer is also correct.
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Let’s call the path with 7 wives EACH man the Muslim path, and with one woman EACH the (theotically) Christian path 
btw: I come to a different conclusion. one wife per man + 7 children = 9 people for each of the 7 families = 9x7 = 63 people
either I have a calculation error somewhere, or another solution to the many possible interpretations of the task
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It’s a meme. I didn’t create it. I also couldn’t change it, and wouldn’t if I could. I think the numbers were circled just to draw your attention to them, but since I didn’t create it, IDK for sure.
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The entire note was handwritten, i.e. written manually.
You just threw (x + 2) in there because that’s the number you needed to make the answer come out correctly.
A less confusing and more accurate way to write that calculation would be:
x³ + (x² * 2) + x = 448 when solving for x=7
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Each wife AND each husband have 7 children, so that would be 14 children per family. That means 16 people per family times 7 equals 112.
Or x³+2x²+x
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Did you know that when you plug a calculation like this into Google, you have to put that * between 2 and x², or it wont calculate? It doesn’t automatically put the * in there for you.
Nah didn’t know that. I never used Google for that before
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