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.
The correct answer for the question that is being presented above is this one: "A. Division of skin cells every half hour; B. Small graph of y=x squared; C. y= 4 times 3 raised to x; D. y=2x raised to the 3." T<span>hese choices represent an exponential pattern.</span>
Answer:
36 units
Step-by-step explanation:
If half of one of the 6 sections is three the the other half is equivalent so I multiplied 6×6 and it gave me 36 (units).
It would be
2x3xnxn
N has a 1 in front of it it's just not shown
So
2x3x1nx1n then you'd at as much as possible
5x2n
Answer:
$104,000
The probability that the average salary between two groups is the same, is actually low. It could be close, but it's quite difficult to get the same exact amount.
