Ballance method is just a fance method of helping you remember to DO THE SAME THING TO BOTH SIDES OF AN EQUATION to keep it ballanced
-10=2(-3x+1)
divide BOTH SIDES by 2 to get rid of that 2 in front
-5=-3x+1
minus BOTH SIDES 1
-6=-3x
divide BOTH SIDES by -3
2=x
-x-7=-12
add7 BOTH SIDES
-x+7-7=-12+7
-x+0=-5
-x=-5
multiplY BOTH SIDES -1
x=5
27. twice as many as 16 would be 32 and 32-5 is 27
The first step to determine the percentage of increase is to
compute for the difference of consumer price index in value.
231.11 (consumer price index for 2012) – 211.4 (consumer
price index for 2007) = 19.71 (increase)
To compute for the percentage of increase, you need to
compare the increase to the consumer price index for 2007.
19.71/211.4 = 9.3% increase