1 3 1
--- * ---- = ------ = 1/24
9 8 3*8
6% tax means 6% of $3.50
Convert 6% to decimal (move decimal 2 spots to the left): 6% ⇒ .06
Multiply 3.50 with .06 = .21 <-- That's .21 cents of 3.50
That means you have to pay an extra 21 cents. Add that to the $3.50 you had to pay.
$3.50 + $0.21 = $3.71 <-- Price after tax
1 is b and 2 is j and 3 is d
Form an equation to describe the situation
x+y=10
Then use the other information they gave you and form another equation
x-y=2
You can add the two equations together, and you see that the y variables cancel out(elimination)
2x=12
Solve for one variable and then plug it back into the original equation
x=6
6+y=10
y=4
