Answer:
the original price of the book is $20
Step-by-step explanation:
sometimes in a question, they put things in the question that don't actually help us get to the answer. usually we ignore it, but i'm going to list them out just to help you a bit more.
<u>Things that are useless:</u>
- his name is Jarred (his name could be gary, it doesn't affect us getting the answer)
- he went to a bookstore (he could've gone to the library, it wont affect us getting to the answer)
- the book is softcover (it could be any type of book, wont affect us getting to the answer)
- the item is a book (it could be anything that he bought, wont affect us getting to the answer.)
<u>Things that are helpful:</u>
- the book was on sale (helps us know that the price was reduced)
- the book was on sale 10% (helps us know how much it was reduced by)
- he spent $18 for the reduced price (helps us know how much he spent)
Ok, now that we know those, let's work on the question.
let b be the original book price
we need to find 10% so we have to use 90% (because 100 - 10 = 90)
if we needed to find 20% we would use 80% (because 100 - 20 = 80)
and so on.
90% of b = 18 (90% of the og. book price equals 18)
90/100 × b = 18 (write a correct equation and make the percent a fraction)
9/10 × b = 18 (simplify both sides of the equation)
9 × b = 180 (multiply both sides of the equation to get rid of fraction)
b = 20 (divide both sides of the equ. to get b by itself)
the original price of the book is $20
hope this helped :D
good luck my friend
- cheesetoasty
Answer:
Mr. kelly can make 18 prices of wood that are exactly 1/3 of a foot.
from Monday to Wednesday it's a 7 degree F difference.
The temperature are 5 am is -3 degrees F
The order from coldest to warmest is -6, -3, 0, 1, 4
The sum is 60.50.
Let , smallest integer is x.
So , other one is x + 1.
By , given conditions :
Since, the numbers are positive so, x = -2 is ignored.
Therefore, the numbers are 9 and 10.
Hence, this is the required solution.
3. 3/10 and 5/10 4. 12/20 and 15/20 5.4/8 and 7/8 6. 8/12 and 5/12 7. 3/12 and 2/12. 8. 1/2>2/5 9.1/2 = 3/6 10. 3/4<5/6 11. 6/10=3/5
Answer:
400 red boxes were sold
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1: Our output value is 2000.
Step 2: We represent the unknown value with x.
Step 3: From step 1 above,2000=100%.
Step 4: Similarly, x=40%.
Step 5: This results in a pair of simple equations:
2000=100%
x=40%(2)
Step 6: By dividing equation 1 by equation 2 and noting that both the RHS (right hand side) of both
equations have the same unit (%); we have
2000/x = 100%/40%
Step 7: Again, the reciprocal of both sides gives
x/2000 = 40%/100%
x=800
Therefore, 40% of 2000 is 800
and to find 50% just divide by 2
