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.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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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.
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.
Teppy wins. How do we know ita would have done the calculation correctly?
How do we know ita would have done the calculation correctly?
This is where we sift the wheat from the non-math, huh?
I don't have to do the calculation. What I posted is directly equivalent to what Teppy wrote, just earlier.
However, I will not deny her her rush, since she even got there some mystery way.