O Ocean5 Sep 8, 2007 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Hi everybody, What is the answer? How do you set up this type of problem. Susan and Edvard shared 180 and Susan got 25 percent more than Edvard. How muc did Edvard get?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Hi everybody, What is the answer? How do you set up this type of problem. Susan and Edvard shared 180 and Susan got 25 percent more than Edvard. How muc did Edvard get?
D dentz Full Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Sep 8, 2007 #2 I dont know of any shorter method but this is how I solved it: E=Edvard S=Susan E+S=180 E+.25E=S (25% more than Ed) n then, solving for E, E+1.25E=180 E=80 I hope this helps!! Upvote 0 Downvote
I dont know of any shorter method but this is how I solved it: E=Edvard S=Susan E+S=180 E+.25E=S (25% more than Ed) n then, solving for E, E+1.25E=180 E=80 I hope this helps!!
O Ocean5 Sep 8, 2007 #3 dentz said: I dont know of any shorter method but this is how I solved it: E=Edvard S=Susan E+S=180 E+.25E=S (25% more than Ed) n then, solving for E, E+1.25E=180 E=80 I hope this helps!! Click to expand... Thanks it does. Upvote 0 Downvote
dentz said: I dont know of any shorter method but this is how I solved it: E=Edvard S=Susan E+S=180 E+.25E=S (25% more than Ed) n then, solving for E, E+1.25E=180 E=80 I hope this helps!! Click to expand... Thanks it does.
D Dion Junior Member 15+ Year Member Sep 8, 2007 #4 Ocean5 said: Hi everybody, What is the answer? How do you set up this type of problem. Susan and Edvard shared 180 and Susan got 25 percent more than Edvard. How muc did Edvard get? Click to expand... Susan: 90 X .25 = 23 = 23+90 = 113 Edvard: 90 X .25 = 23 90-23 = 77 Upvote 0 Downvote
Ocean5 said: Hi everybody, What is the answer? How do you set up this type of problem. Susan and Edvard shared 180 and Susan got 25 percent more than Edvard. How muc did Edvard get? Click to expand... Susan: 90 X .25 = 23 = 23+90 = 113 Edvard: 90 X .25 = 23 90-23 = 77
D dentz Full Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Sep 8, 2007 #5 Dion said: Susan: 90 X .25 = 23 = 23+90 = 113 Edvard: 90 X .25 = 23 90-23 = 77 Click to expand... You got me confused!! So is 77 the correct ans or 80?? Upvote 0 Downvote
Dion said: Susan: 90 X .25 = 23 = 23+90 = 113 Edvard: 90 X .25 = 23 90-23 = 77 Click to expand... You got me confused!! So is 77 the correct ans or 80??
Z z3u2 Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Sep 8, 2007 #6 dentz said: You got me confused!! So is 77 the correct ans or 80?? Click to expand... you can easily check the answer by plugging the number back is 100 25% more than 80? or is 113 25% more than 73? 80 is correct Upvote 0 Downvote
dentz said: You got me confused!! So is 77 the correct ans or 80?? Click to expand... you can easily check the answer by plugging the number back is 100 25% more than 80? or is 113 25% more than 73? 80 is correct
D dentz Full Member 10+ Year Member 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Sep 8, 2007 #7 z3u2 said: you can easily check the answer by plugging the number back is 100 25% more than 80? or is 113 25% more than 73? 80 is correct Click to expand... Thanks!! Upvote 0 Downvote
z3u2 said: you can easily check the answer by plugging the number back is 100 25% more than 80? or is 113 25% more than 73? 80 is correct Click to expand... Thanks!!
