Aimee, X is 58,500.
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Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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Steph L. - Oct 13, 2006 8:43:23 am PDT #3548 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 13, 2006 8:47:11 am PDT #3553 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
You guys are better than a calculator.
aurelia - Oct 13, 2006 8:47:15 am PDT #3554 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I think ita got it first. She was just showing the work.
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 8:47:18 am PDT #3555 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Oct 13, 2006 8:52:28 am PDT #3556 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I think ita got it first. She was just showing the work.
I got it first!
ita "Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People" Oct 13, 2006 10:42:53 am PDT
I don't see "58,500" anywhere in ita's post.
(Come on, people -- give me this lame-ass mathy victory!)
sarameg - Oct 13, 2006 8:53:22 am PDT #3557 of 10001
just go sleep at the station tonight.
Hahahah. No. It'll be fine, I just have to take an unfamiliar route and pad things in case it fouls up traffic elsewhere.
One thing I don't like about this city is the lame and ill thought out public transit system. 75% of the time you have to drive *somewhere* and park to make any use of it. Even though I'm on the subway line, I don't use it.