If you want to increase something by 3%, you would ADD 100% to it, so:
3% + 100% = 103%
Then you divide it by 100 to turn it into a decimal, so:
103% / 100 = 1.03
So to increase by 3%, the multiplier would be 1.03
If you wanted to decrease by 3%, you would SUBTRACT 100% from 3%, so:
100% - 3% = 97%
And then you would divide 97% by 100 to turn it into a decimal (multiplier), so:
97% / 100 = 0.97
So to decrease by 3%, the multiplier would be 0.97
Answer:
11a − 29b − 50
Step-by-step explanation:
Subtract 7 from − 3
7a − 21b − 10 − 40 + 4a − 8b
Add 7a and 4a
11a - 21b - 10 - 40 - 8b
Subtract 8b from -21b
11a - 29b - 10 - 40
Subtract 40 from -10
11a - 29b - 50
Well there is to equations here that must be equal. X+20=4X Four times old means 4X+X=5X.
If you work to simply the problem you get something that looks like this:
X+20=5X
20=4X
x=20/4 or 5 y/o!
