Divide it and get 0.6 then multiply by 100 so 60%
Answer:
(1/2)s = 345
s = 690 (Maggie's savings balance)
Step-by-step explanation:
For any problem, word problem or otherwise, you start be reading and understanding the problem. You should specifically look for
- what you're being asked to find (what is the question to answer)
- the information you're given that is relevant to the question asked.
Here, you're asked to find a savings account balance. You're told that $345 is half that amount.
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After you decide what you're looking for and the given relevant information, you use the problem statement and your personal knowledge to write one or more equations relating what you know to what you want to find.
A first step for doing this is to define any necessary variables. In this problem, we can use "s" for the original savings balance (in dollars). (I like to choose letters that remind me what they stand for. "x" or "y" can sometimes get mixed up. For a one-variable problem, it doesn't really matter what you call it. It is helpful to be clear about the units of measure of any variables. Confusion there can also lead to errors.)
The problem statement tells us that half the savings account amount is $345, so our equation is ...
(1/2)s = 345
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The "one step" required to solve this so to multiply both sides of the equation by 2.
s = 690
Maggie had $690 in her savings account before she bought the computer.
Answer:
The values are
x = -25/9 = -2 7/9
y = 7/3 = 2 1/3
Step-by-step explanation:
3x + 2y = -13 --------eqn 1
3x + 4y = 1-------------eqn2
Using eqn 2 to get the value of y
3x + 4y = 1
4y = 1 - 3x
Dividing both sides by 4,to get y
4y/4 =( 1 -3x) / 4
y = (1 - 3x) / 4
Since we've gotten the value for y, substitute the value into eqn 1
3x + 2y = -13
3x + 2(3x - 1)/4 = -13
Opening the bracket
3x + (6x - 2)/4 = -13
LCM = 4
(12x + 6x - 2) / 4 = -13
18x - 2 / 4 = -13
Then we cross multiply
18x - 2 = -13 * 4
18x - 2 = - 52
18x = -52 + 2
18x = -50
Divide both sides by 18, to get the value of x
18x/18 = -50/18
x = -25/9
or x = -2 7/9
The value of x is now known, so let's go back to eqn 2
Substitute x = - 25/9
3x + 4y = 1
3(-25/9) + 4y = 1
Open the bracket
-75/9 + 4y = 1
Make y the subject of the formula
4y = 1 + 75/9
LCM = 9
4y = (9 + 75)/ 9
4y = 84/9
To get y, divide both sides by 4
4y/4 = 84/9 / 4/1
y =
Note : when division changes to multiplication, it always be in its reciprocal form
y = 84/9 / 1/4
y = 84 * 1 / 9 *4
y = 84/ 36
y = 7/3
Or
y = 2 1/3
Answer:
the value has to be 54.6 and up
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
(x, y) = (0, 1/2) or (1, 3)
Step-by-step explanation:
The first equation factors as ...
x(3x -y) = 0
This has solutions x=0 and y=3x.
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<u>x = 0</u>
Using this in the second equation gives ...
2y -0 = 1
y = 1/2
(x, y) = (0, 1/2) is a solution
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<u>y = 3x</u>
Using the expression for y in the second equation, we get ...
2(3x) -5x = 1
x = 1 . . . . . . . . . simplify
y = 3x = 3 . . . . using x=1 in the first equation
(x, y) = (1, 3) is a solution
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Interestingly, the (red line) graph of 3x^2 -xy = 0 produced by this graphing calculator has a "hole" at x=0, It says that point is (0, undefined). In a sense, y is undefined, in that it can be <em>anything</em>. A more appropriate graph would graph that equation as the two lines x=0 and y=3x.
