The equation doesn't make sense to me. 10% of which number?
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Told you I was bad at math. I got nothin'.
52,650 is what a client owes after a 10% reduction of some number.
so 52650=90% of x? Meaning 52650=.9x. x=52650/.9.
The equation doesn't make sense to me. 10% of which number?
Yeah.
Or literally, 10% = 0.1 - but somehow I doubt the equation is 52650 = X - 0.1
Or maybe the right side is X - 10% of X.
Aimee, X is 58,500.
52,650 is what a client owes after a 10% reduction of some number.
Okay, so it's 52,650 = x(.90)
x = 58500
Ooh. X minus 10%.
So what that means, Aimee, is if X has been reduced by 10%, then you're left with 90% of X. 90% of X is 0.9X. So rewrite:
52,650 = 0.9X
To solve for X, divide both sides by 0.9, and X = 58,500.
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Fucking hate math.
I just said that outloud and my boss about passed out.
"I don't want to hear that you hate math! YOU'RE THE GODDAMNED BOOKKEEPER."
I won!!!
Me, the non-mathiest person EVAH.
I got it first!
t edit I will NOT even share how I got the answer, because it wasn't solving for 52,650 = 0.9X.