Answer:
6
Step-by-step explanation:
Cost per item is found by dividing the cost by the number of items. If the woman bought n items for $120, the cost of each item is $120/n. If the woman bought 24 more items, n+24, at the same price, then the cost per item is $120/(n+24). The problem statement tells us this last cost is $16 less than the first cost:
120/(n+24) = (120/n) -16
Multiplying by n(n+24) gives ...
120n = 120(n+24) -16(n)(n+24)
0 = 120·24 -16n^2 -16·24n . . . . . . subtract 120n and collect terms
n^2 +24n -180 = 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by -16 to make the numbers smaller
(n +30)(n -6) = 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . factor the quadratic
The solutions to this are the values of n that make the factors zero: n = -30, n = 6. The negative value of n has no meaning in this context, so n=6 is the solution to the equation.
The woman bought 6 items.
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Check
When the woman bought 6 items for $120, she paid $120/6 = $20 for each of them. If she bought 6+24 = 30 items for the same money, she would pay $120/30 = $4 for each item. That amount, $4, is $16 less than the $20 she paid for each item.
<u>Expression Form</u>
(3-7)*n+5
n=Unknown Number
Answer:
34
Step-by-step explanation:
The mean is calculated as
mean = 
let x be the missing frequency, then
Total frequency × midpoint
= (16 × 2) + 7x + (20 × 12) + (10 × 17) = 32 + 7x + 240 + 170 = 442 + 7x
Total frequency = 16 + x + 20 + 10 = 46 + x, thus
= 8.5 ( cross- multiply )
442 + 7x = 8.5(46 + x)
442 + 7x = 391 + 8.5x ( subtract 8.5x from both sides )
442 - 1.5x = 391 ( subtract 442 from both sides )
- 1.5x = - 51 ( divide both sides by - 1.5 )
x = 34
The missing frequency is 34
Answer:
yes
Step-by-step explanation:
6 -2 = 4
4 - 3 = 1
1 - .80 = .20
Answer: 3^5 / 3^(-2) = 3^(3)
