A=xy
If there is 10% increase in x then,
New value of x = x + 10%of x =1.1x
similarly for y
New value of y after increase= 1.1 y
New value of A after increase in x and y = 1 .1x × 1.1 y= 1.21xy
now
increase amount in A= New value of A - old value of A
=1.21xy - xy= 0.21xy
percentage increase in A= (0.21xy÷xy )× 100= 21%
Each month Manuel reads 6 novels so you get
If you plug in 13 for m we get
Manuel needs to read 78 novels in 13 months.
We can solve this by setting up 2 equations. We can use any letters like. For now, I'll use x and y.
So now we know that x - y = 0.7 and x + y = 1.
Now we can eliminate one of the letters by adding or subtracting one equation from the other. I am going to eliminate y by adding the two together (the y and the -y cancel).
This gives us 2x = 1.7, and so x = 1.7 ÷ 2 = 0.85
Finally, we can substitute x for 0.85 back into one of the original equations to figure out what y equals. I'm going to use x + y = 1.
So now we have 0.85 + y = 1, so y = 1 - 0.85 = 0.15
The numbers, therefore, are 0.85 and 0.15 (you can check by using the other equation).
Hope this helps!
