The equation doesn't make sense to me. 10% of which number?
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Jessica - Oct 13, 2006 8:40:29 am PDT #3543 of 10001
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Amy - Oct 13, 2006 8:40:37 am PDT #3544 of 10001
Because books.
Told you I was bad at math. I got nothin'.
Aims - Oct 13, 2006 8:41:26 am PDT #3545 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
52,650 is what a client owes after a 10% reduction of some number.
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 8:42:53 am PDT #3546 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
so 52650=90% of x? Meaning 52650=.9x. x=52650/.9.
tommyrot - Oct 13, 2006 8:43:04 am PDT #3547 of 10001
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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.
Steph L. - Oct 13, 2006 8:43:23 am PDT #3548 of 10001
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Aimee, X is 58,500.
Jessica - Oct 13, 2006 8:44:03 am PDT #3549 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
52,650 is what a client owes after a 10% reduction of some number.
Okay, so it's 52,650 = x(.90)
x = 58500
Polter-Cow - Oct 13, 2006 8:44:23 am PDT #3550 of 10001
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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.
Aims - Oct 13, 2006 8:45:14 am PDT #3551 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
THANK YOU!
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."
Steph L. - Oct 13, 2006 8:45:17 am PDT #3552 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.