For the answer to the question above asking <span>how long will it take a mark to recover his investment assuming he has a salary of $32,000 upon graduating?
The answer is </span>Mark will lose:
4 * $ 8,000 = $32,000 ( without salary ) + $64,000 ( college costs ) =
= $96,000 in total
$96,000 : $32,000 = 3
Answer:
<span>It will take Mark 3 years to recover his investments. Poor Mark</span>
A problem with extra information will be difficult to solve because you may not be able to tell what information you might need to use for the problem.
Suppose that the value of other ratio is equal to 6/3 then,
20/3x-8 = 6/3
18x-48 = 60
18x = 60+48
18x = 108
x = 6