It depends on What the original item is.
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:
4
Step-by-step explanation:
 Equation 1
 Equation 1
 Equation 2
 Equation 2
What is the value of  where each variable represents a real number?
 where each variable represents a real number?
Let's expand equation 1:


Simplify each term if can:

See if we can factor a little to get some of the left hand side of equation 2:
The first two terms have  and if I factored
 and if I factored  from first two terms I would have
 from first two terms I would have  which is the first term of left hand side of equation 2.
 which is the first term of left hand side of equation 2.
So let's see what happens if we gather the terms together that have the same variable squared together.

Factor the variable squared terms out of each binomial pairing:

Replace the sum of those first three terms with what it equals which is 6 from the equation 2:

Combine like terms:

Subtract 6 on both sides:

Divide both sides by 3:

 
        
             
        
        
        
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
we know that
If two figures are similar, then the ratio of its corresponding sides is equal
so
In this problem
If polygon RSUPE is similar to polygon KQUIC
then

substitutes the values and solve for a

 
        
             
        
        
        
The answer is that she had 48.  Set it up as an equation with x as the amount of money she started with.  x - 30 = 3/8x.  That says, in words, "the amount of money she started with minus 30 for the dress left her with 3/8 of the money she started with.  Solve for x by adding 30 to both sides and subtracting 3/8 from 8/8x (8/8 = 1).  8/8 - 3/8 = 5/8, so 5/8x = 30, multiply both sides by 8 to get 5x=240 and x = 48.