The first thief takes (1/2 x + 1) . What remains ? x - (1/2x + 1)
So the 2nd thief takes 2/3 of [ x - (1/2x + 1) ]
What remains ? x - 2/3 [ x - (1/2x + 1) ]
So the 3rd thief takes 2/3 of { x - 2/3 [ x - (1/2x + 1) ] } and he takes 1 more .
What remains ? x - ( 2/3 { x - 2/3 [ x - (1/2x + 1) ] } + 1 )
And that whole ugly thing is equal to ' 1 ', so you can solve it for 'x'..
The whole problem from here on is an exercise in simplifying
an expression with a bunch of 'nested' parentheses in it.
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This is a lot harder than just solving the problem with logic and
waving your hands in the air. Here's how you would do that:
Start from the end and work backwards:
-- One diamond is left.
-- Before the 3rd thief took 1 more, there were 2.
-- That was 1/3 of what was there before the 3rd man took 2/3.
So he found 6 when he arrived.
-- 6 was 1/3 of what was there before the second thief helped himself.
So there were 18 when the 2nd man arrived.
-- 18 was 1 less than what was there before the first thief took 1 extra.
So he took his 1 extra from 19.
-- 19 was the remaining after the first man took 1/2 of all on the table.
So there were 38 on the table when he arrived.
Thank you for your generous 5 points.
Answer: The required ratio is 1:1.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the total number of CDs be 100
of CDs is given by
According to question,
of her Jazz CDs represents of all her CDs.
Let the number of Jazz CDs be x
So, it becomes
So, Number of Jazz's CDs is 50
Number of Jazz non CDs is given by
Ratio of her CDs to her non- CDs is given by
Hence, the required ratio is 1:1.
Answer:
6 (24÷3) -2
6 (8) -2
48-2
=46
Brackets of division multiplication add and subtract
Answer:
z = -5
Step-by-step explanation:
3(0.7z + 2.8) = 7(1.5z + 7.2)
2.1z + 8.4 = 10.5z + 50.4
2.1z - 10.5z = 50.4 - 8.4
-8.4z = 42
z = 42/(-8.4)
z = -5
Answer:
1) They are similar
2) 45 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
1) similar because both triangles have congruent interior angles
2) 75/35 = AB/21
AB = 45 ft
