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.
.04 hundredths. I cant believe i am still doing this in middle school.<span />
Answer:
4 gallons.
Step-by-step explanation:
Reading the top point on the graph we see that 48 gallons of white paint mix with 12 gallons of black Paint.
So 1 gallon of black paint is mixed with 48/12 = 4 gallons of white paint.
A is the correct answer.......
Here is the work shown:
x^2-x-20
A is the correct answer because when using the distributive property it is the only example that results in x^2-x-20.
(x+4)(x-5)
x*x=x^2, x*-5=-5x, 4*x=4x, 4*-5=-20. Now combine all alike terms for your final answer. x^2-x-20..
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