Inverse operation is an operation that undoes what was done by the previous operation. Take this simple addition problem 5+2=7. If we want to reverse the addition, we just subtract 7-2=5 and we are back where we started. You do the same for multiplication and division.
Answers and workings in the attachment below.
Answer:
170
Step-by-step explanation:
Ann, Ben, and Cindy were eating strawberries.
The ratio of the numbers of berries they ate is 5:5:7.
If Cindy ate 30 strawberries less than Ann and Ben together,
find:
what is the total number of strawberries the three of them ate?
solution:
add the ratios 5 + 5 + 7 = 17
since Cindy ate 30, less than Ann and Ben together so, the equation is
7x = 5x + 5x - 30
7x - 10x = -30
x = 30/3
x = 10
ann 5 x 10 = 50
ben 5 x 10 = 50
cindy 7 x 10 = 70
total = 170
15x = 500-50
15x = 450
x = 450/15
x =30
Thus, x is equal to 30.
<span>Changing the grouping of the addends should not change the sum, according to the associative property of addition. You might group them differently with (50 + 3) + 47, so that you have 50 + (3 + 47). You might not regroup them with (16 + 4) + 5 rather than 16 + (4 + 5).</span>
