1) Which two teams had the greatest point difference?
Delta and Beta (85 - 25 = 60)
2) Which two teams had the least point difference?
Delta and Gamma (85 - 75 = 10)
3) What was the average score of the 5 teams?
(45+25+75+85+65) / 5 = 295 / 5 = 59
4) How many more points did Epsilon score than Beta?
Epsilon: 65
Beta: 25
65 - 25 = 40
Epsilon scored 40 more than Beta
<span>5) Which teams scored more than 2 times Beta’s score?</span>
twice of Beta = 25 x 2 = 50
answer
Gamma (75) , Delta (85) and Epsilon (65)
3:1 =300%
2:3:5 =50%
1:4 =25%
1:2:5 =62.5%
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:
m = - 15
Step-by-step explanation:
Using the rule of exponents
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, then
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, that is
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Equating exponents gives
m = - 15
