Answer:
the original number is greater
Step-by-step explanation:
1. let 1x be your starting number
2. therefore, 0.5 * 1x = 0.5x ( amount after you decreased it by 50%)
3. then increase: 0.5x * 1.5 = 0.75x (amount after you increased it by 50%)
4. 0.75x < 1x (this means that the original number is larger than the one you decreased and then increased)
,12x12=144.................
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
A shopper paid $2.52 for 4.5 pounds of potatoes. This means that the unit price for each potato would be
2.52/4.5 = 0.55556
Approximately $0.6 per pound.
The shopper paid $7.75 for 2.5 pounds of broccoli. This means that the unit price for each broccoli would be
7.75/2.5 = $3.1 per pound.
The shopper paid $2.45 for 2.5 pounds of pears. This means that the unit price for each pear would be
2.45/2.5 = $0.98 per pound
For this problem you have yo set up two equations.
White shirts = w Yellow shirts = y
1st: w + y = 21
2nd: 9.95w + 11.50y = 235.30
Now we're going to do system of equations using substitution.
If w + y = 21, then y = 21 - w
If y = 21 - w, then you can substitute this in the second equation for y.
9.95w + 11.50(21 - w) = 235.30
9.95w + 241.5 - 11.50w = 235.30
-1.55w + 241.5 = 235.30
-1.55w = -6.2
w = 4, so 4 whites shirt were sold.
Now I'm finding out how many yellow shirts were sold using one of the two equations at the top.
w + y = 21
4 + y = 21
y = 17
So 17 yellow shirts were sold and 4 white shirts were sold.
