Violet contributes 12% of her $55,700 annual salary to her 401(k) plan. What is her pretax income?
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Answer:
x = 6
Step-by-step explanation:
The volume (V) of the triangular prism is calculated as
V = Al ( A is the area of the triangular end and l is its length )
A = bh = 0.5 × 9 × 4 = 18 cm² , then
V = 18 × 12 = 216 cm³
The volume of a cube is
V = s³ ( s is the side length ) , so
s³ = x³ = 216 ( take the cube root of both sides )
x = = 6
I'm thinking this is what the problem looks like: 
. The first thing to do is to move the 
over to the other side because it has a common denominator with the other side. Doing that and at the same time combining them over their common denominator looks like this: 
. The best way to solve for x now is to cross-multiply to get 3(4-x)=-4(x-4). Distributing through the parenthesis is 12 - 3x = -4x + 16. Solving for x gives us x = 4. Of course when we sub a 4 back in for x we get real problems, don't we? Dividing by zero breaks every rule in math that there ever was! So, yes, the solution is extraneous.