Math Question

[Richard Parsons]

Ok guys and girls here is a fun question that maybe some of yall math folks will be able to solve. Note that I am not in High School and this is NOT for homework :) My wife is doing the budget and we can't figure this out... x + (10% of x) = y We know how much (y) is, but is there a way to get the value of (x) without knowing what (10% of x) is? Thanks for the help, -Richard

[Lost User]

x + (10% of x) = y x + 0.1x = y 1.1x = y x = (y/1.1) :-D - F

[Joshua Quick]

Let's do this first... (10% of x) = 0.1 * x = 0.1x So... x + 0.1x = y x(1 + 0.1) = y x(1.1) = y x = y/1.1 And how is this soapbox material? :)

[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

Damn it, you beat me to it! :sigh:

[Joshua Quick]

Ahhh... you beat me to it by 1 minute. :)

[Jerry Hammond]

Joshua Quick wrote:

And how is this soapbox material?

M-A-T-H is 4 letter word? My Programming Library C#, C# Run

[Joshua Quick]

Toasty0 wrote:

M-A-T-H is 4 letter word?

It must be. Haven't you ever included "math.h" before? :-D What about System.Math? ;P

[Lost User]

:beer: :) :beer:

[Richard Parsons]

Thanks for the quick help... -Richard

[Richard Parsons]

Thanks for the help. I posted here because I didn't want anyone to assume this was a programming question and go on and on and on about how people aren't suppose to post programming questions in the lounge... :) Long explination for a short answer. -Richard

[Richard Parsons]

Ok my wife said I goofed. It was supposed to be x - (10% of x) = y Can we give it another shot please :) -Richard

[Alvaro Mendez]

x = y/.9

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[Jeremy Falcon]

Toasty0 wrote:

M-A-T-H is 4 letter word?

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Jeremy Falcon

[hairy_hats]

Only in the US. In the UK it's a five-letter word...