Sold 2/5 in the morning.....leaving 3/5
he sold 3/4 of 3/5 in the afternoon......3/4 * 3/5 = 9/20
2/5 = 8/20
9/20 - 8/20 = 1/20...so he sold 1/20 more in the afternoon.
so if 1/20 = 24, then 20/20 = 24*20 = 480
so he started with 480 cartons
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-500
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
-2/9
Step-by-step explanation:
first you are going to distrubute 2/5, so 2/5 times x is 2/5x and 2/5 times -2 is -4/5
next you set up the problem with those two answers which gives you:
2/5x - 4/5 = 4x
then multiply both sides of the equation by 5: 2x-4=20x
next move the constant to the right side and chnage the sign: 2x=20x+4
then combine like terms: -18x=4
after that divide both sides of the equation by -18: -2/9
so x= -2/9