Understanding the Question
This may not be the actual way that the US government prepares the CPI, but it will provide a comparison.
You can set up a proportion. The base number for the CPI is 38.8 in 1970. That number (38.8) has more than doubled to get to 82.4, which also tells us that there was inflation. What your parents and grandparents bought in 1970 went to double the amount in 1980. Gasoline certainly did that.
Givens
CPI in 1970 = 38.8
CPI in 1980 = 82.4
Eggs 1970 = 0.25
Edgs 1980 = X
Formula substitution and solution
CPI 1970 / CPI 1980 = cost of eggs 1970 / cost of eggs 1980
38.8/82.4 = 0.25 / x Cross multiply
38.8 * x = 0.25 * 82.4
38.8 * x = 20.625
x = 20.628 /38.8
x = 0.53 dollars of 53 cents.
53 cents in 1980 which is slightly double as predicted.
Footnote
As a matter of interest, my wife tells me that eggs now cost about 3.58 where we live. That's almost 7 times as expensive as they were in 1980. Something to think about. By the way, the price quoted is in Canada.
Answer:
x = 22
Step-by-step explanation:
The figure is attached below.
Its given that SV is parallel to RU. We have to find the value of x.
Observe that, if we join point V to U, we will obtain a parallelogram RSVU. One of the properties of a parallelogram is that the sum of its two adjacent angles is always 180 degrees.
So, the two adjacent angles would be: ∠S and ∠R
From the figure:
∠S = 5x + 4
∠R = 44 + x
Since,
∠S + ∠R must be 180 degrees, we can write:
∠S + ∠R = 180
5x + 4 + 44 + x = 180
6x + 48 = 180
6x = 132
x = 22
Therefore, the value of x is 22.
You put the highest exponent power first, then you go down until you reach a regular number (a number with a variable goes before a normal number)
Ex: 5x^3+2x^2+4x+5
A 2 liter bottle would hold more.
No Alana's mom cannot be 3 times her age because 8 multiplied by 3 equals 24, Alana's mom would have to be 4 times her age. (8 multiplied by 4 equals 32)
