document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=758258>Question 758258</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to solve this question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 + ? x 3/8 = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried to work out what ? was by logically thinking of the equation as 15 is 3/8's of 9 + ? what ever that figure is. I know that if I convert 3/8 to a decimal it is .375 and 3/8's is almost 4/8's which is a half and so I could calculate that if ? was the number 31<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the equation would look something like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 + 31 x 3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 x 3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3/8 x 40/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 120/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " but the answer they have given on the answer sheet is 16 or 016 but I just am lost on how they got ? to be 16? Could you please tell me how they can get this answer and where abouts I am going wrong in my calculations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Many thanks for your help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Angie<BR>\n" );
document.write( "email address gmbs@xtra.co.nz </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help me to solve this question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 + ? x 3/8 = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I tried to work out what ? was by logically thinking of the equation as 15 is 3/8's of 9 + ? what ever that figure is. I know that if I convert 3/8 to a decimal it is .375 and 3/8's is almost 4/8's which is a half and so I could calculate that if ? was the number 31<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the equation would look something like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 + 31 x 3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 x 3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 3/8 x 40/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 120/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15/1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " but the answer they have given on the answer sheet is 16 or 016 but I just am lost on how they got ? to be 16? Could you please tell me how they can get this answer and where abouts I am going wrong in my calculations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Many thanks for your help\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Angie<BR>\n" );
document.write( "email address gmbs@xtra.co.nz\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You don’t need to make this more complicated than it is. Just solve it as an ordinary fractional algebraic equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let ? be Q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 9 + ? x 3/8 = 15 can be rewritten as:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9+%2B+Q%283%2F8%29+=+15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9+%2B+Q%283%2F8%29+=+15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=9+%2B+3Q%2F8+=+15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"9+%2B+3Q%2F8+=+15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "72 + 3Q = 120 ------ Multiplying by LCD, 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3Q = 120 – 72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3Q = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q, or ? = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=48%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"48%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2816%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2816%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do the check!!\r<BR>\n" );
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