Question 1206076: 300 is 4 7/9% more than what number?
I tried but I keep getting it wrong.. please help :(
Found 4 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, MathLover1, mananth:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source):
Answer by ikleyn(52776)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
300 is 4 7/9% more than what number?
I tried but I keep getting it wrong.. please help :(
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4 7/9% is the same as  percent =  percent =  percent =  =  .
So, they want you find an unknown number x such that
x +  = 300.
Thus you have this simple equation to find x.
First step to solve is to multiply all the terms by 900 to run of the denominators.
You will get then
900x + 43x = 900*300
943x = 270000
x =  = 286.3203 (rounded).
Thus you found this mysterious number x = 286.3203.
To check, multiply it by 43/900 and add this product to 289.3203
 = use your calculator = 300. The check is done.
ANSWER. The unknown number is found now: it is 286.3203 (rounded).
Solved, with explanations.
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You have two other posts, from @josgarithmetic and from @MathLover1.
They both are FATALLY INCORRECT, so you better ignore they both for safety of your mind.
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The original "solution" from @josgarithmetic was gibberish (as, usually, half of his other posts are).
Then he waits until other solutions appear, disproving his results.
When he sees such solutions, he erases everything that he wrote before,
and re-write from other posts, re-telling them in his own words.
It is his standard "solution strategy" at this forum, which he uses just during several last months.
Really terrible "tutor", deserving to be removed from the forum.
Answer by MathLover1(20849)  (Show Source):
Answer by mananth(16946)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let number be x
300= 4 7/9 % x +x
300 = 43/9 %x +x
300= (0.43/9 )x +x
0.43/9 =0.0477x+x
300 = 1.048x
300/1.048
286.322 is the number.
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