Answer:
50 grams
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the amount of cheese required by the recipe be "x"
Ann increased 60% from original amount and then used up 80 grams. Thus:
<em>Original, increased by 60%, became 80</em>
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This translated to algebraic equation would be:
x + 0.6x = 80
<u>Note:</u> 60% = 60/100 = 0.6
So we can solve the above equation for "x" and get our answer. Shown below:

Hence,
the recipe required 50 grams of cheese
Answer:
7, x, 5, and x
Step-by-step explanation:
factors are numbers or variables being multiplied by something else. 12 and 23 arent being multiplied by anything
Answer:
x = -1
Step-by-step explanation:
Solve for x:
3 (2 x - 1) = 7 x + 5 x + 3
Grouping like terms, 7 x + 5 x + 3 = (5 x + 7 x) + 3:
3 (2 x - 1) = (5 x + 7 x) + 3
5 x + 7 x = 12 x:
3 (2 x - 1) = 12 x + 3
Expand out terms of the left hand side:
6 x - 3 = 12 x + 3
Subtract 12 x from both sides:
(6 x - 12 x) - 3 = (12 x - 12 x) + 3
6 x - 12 x = -6 x:
-6 x - 3 = (12 x - 12 x) + 3
12 x - 12 x = 0:
-6 x - 3 = 3
Add 3 to both sides:
(3 - 3) - 6 x = 3 + 3
3 - 3 = 0:
-6 x = 3 + 3
3 + 3 = 6:
-6 x = 6
Divide both sides of -6 x = 6 by -6:
(-6 x)/(-6) = 6/(-6)
(-6)/(-6) = 1:
x = 6/(-6)
The gcd of 6 and -6 is 6, so 6/(-6) = (6×1)/(6 (-1)) = 6/6×1/(-1) = 1/(-1):
x = 1/(-1)
1/(-1) = -1:
Answer: x = -1
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Answer:
x = 2
Step-by-step explanation:
Using the scale factor, we have ...
x/8 = 0.25/1
x = 8(0.25) . . . . multiply by 8
x = 2
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<em>Additional comment</em>
I like to write proportions with the variable in the numerator. That way they are easily solved by a single multiplication. The trick is to get corresponding parts in the same positions. Here, the fractions are written ...
B/A = smaller part / larger part = x/8 = 0.25/1