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