The fish market sell 16 pound of fish and 12.5 pound of lobster.
well, 6.2% of 4,300 can't be over half. she has made a calculation error, and the real answer is (this is where the mistake was made) 4,300 * 0.062 (not 6.2, because percents are always divided by 100 to make them into a usable number), which is equal to $266.60.
Answer:
First, a rational number is defined as the quotient between two integer numbers, such that:
N = a/b
where a and b are integers.
Now, the axiom that we need to use is:
"The integers are closed under the multiplication".
this says that if we have two integers, x and y, their product is also an integer:
if x, y ∈ Z ⇒ x*y ∈ Z
So, if now we have two rational numbers:
a/b and c/d
where a, b, c, and d ∈ Z
then the product of those two can be written as:
(a/b)*(c/d) = (a*c)/(b*d)
And by the previous axiom, we know that a*c is an integer and b*d is also an integer, then:
(a*c)/(b*d)
is the quotient between two integers, then this is a rational number.
X = short section of rope
4x = longer section of rope
x + 4x = 25
5x = 25
x = 5
…or in other words the shorter piece of rope is 5 feet long
