"reach an answer" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to come to a conclusion or find a solution to a problem or question. You can use it in any situation when discussing finding a resolution or solution. Example: After hours of research and discussion, the team was finally able to reach an answer to the complex mathematical problem. OR Despite our efforts, we were unable to reach an answer to the ongoing conflict between the two groups.
Instead, they are designing alternatives that will reach an answer but without depriving some patients of a drug that might possibly help them survive.
But the breakdown occurred largely because of Andersen's inability to reach an answer as quickly as the government might have hoped.
The collective effort to identify the unusual cluster bombs found in several places last year in Libya has yet to reach an answer, or even a consensus on the likely origins of the mystery submunitions.
But here's the thing: Asking ourselves why we make a certain money decision is integral to our financial success, even if it takes a bit of time and effort to reach an answer.
No, several test preppers insist, though some students might stumble over the longer reading passages, the deeper dive into math and questions that require multiple steps to reach an answer.
A decision tree is, very crudely speaking, an algorithm that takes a record with a number of variables and goes through a series of yes/no questions to reach an answer.
Using a mathematical model, they reached an answer: not much.
The meeting broke up without reaching an answer.
All of which is not just dramatically plausible but historically accurate, based on the testimony of John Colville, who served two terms as Churchill's private secretary during the war and kept a diary, assessing, from the closest quarters, every wrinkle in his master's temperament: Sometimes it took him weeks of cogitation before he reached an answer which satisfied him.
I asked myself, "What is the fastest possible way to build an email list?" I ignored anything that sounded like an opinion and only latched onto solid research until I reached an answer.
The third call reached an answering machine.
