In a piggy bank, 40% of the coins are dimes.
3/8 of the remainder are nickels.
The remainder is going to be 60%
1/8 of 60% is 7.5%. (just dividing by 8)
3/8 of 60% = 7.5% × 3 = 22.5% are nickels.
If 22.5% are nickels, then 77.5% are not.
The percentage of coins that aren't nickels is the same as the probability of drawing one because each coin has equal probability to be chosen.
If this is the type of problem I’m thinking of it would be 26
Answer:
- $5000 in the first city
- $4000 in the second city
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent the pre-tax hotel charge in the first city in dollars. Then the hotel charge in the second city is x-1000 dollars, and the total tax is ...
... 7.5%·x +5%·(x -1000) = 575
... 12.5%·x = 625 . . . . simplify, add 50
... x = 5000 . . . . . . . . divide by 12.5% (=0.125)
The first-city charge was $5000; the second-city charge was $4000.
Just do 13/3 to get the answer and turn that into a fraction
