A % is out of a hundred, so you don't need the %/100. Then, you wouldn't do cross multiplication, you would just divide 15/27. Remember, it would be 15/27 because it's percent markup, not the percent the price increased by. So, doing that simple calculation on a calculator you get 0.5555. This converted to a percent is just moving the decimal to the right twice, or multiplied by a 100. That would give you 55.55%, and that's your answer. Make sense?
If you would like to solve the system of equations, you can do this using the following steps:
4x^2 + 9y^2 = 72
2x - y = 4 ... 2x - 4 = y
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<span>4x^2 + 9y^2 = 72
</span><span>4x^2 + 9 * (2x - 4)^2 = 72
</span>4x^2 + 9 * (4x^2 - 16x + 16) = 72
4x^2 + 36x^2 - 144x + 144 = 72
40x^2 - 144x + 144 - 72 = 0
40x^2 - 144x + 72 = 0
10x^2 - 36x + 18 = 0
5x^2 - 18x + 9 = 0
(5x - 3) * (x - 3) = 0
1. 5x - 3 = 0 ... 5x = 3 ... x = 3/5
2. x = 3
<span>1. y = 2x - 4 = 2 * 3/5 - 4 = 6/5 - 20/5 = -14/5
2. y = 2x - 4 = 2 * 3 - 4 = 6 - 4 = 2
1. (x, y) = (3/5, -14/5)
2. (x, y) = (3, 2)
The correct result would be </span>(3/5, -14/5) and <span>(3, 2).</span>
Answer:
7/6
Step-by-step explanation:
(7x/12)/(x/2)
=7/6
