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.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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!
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.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 13, 2006 8:56:27 am PDT #3558 of 10001
What is even happening?
Teppy wins. How do we know ita would have done the calculation correctly?
§ ita § - Oct 13, 2006 9:04:13 am PDT #3559 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.