Aimee, X is 58,500.
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Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
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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.
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."
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.
You guys are better than a calculator.
I think ita got it first. She was just showing the work.
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!)
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.