SOLUTION: The product of 5% of a positive number and 3% of the same number 504.6. What is half of that number?

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Question 1005923: The product of 5% of a positive number and 3% of the same number 504.6. What is half of that number?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the number x...then we have
.05x * .03x = 504.6
.0015x^2 = 504.6
Now divide both sides by .0015 and get
x^2 = 336400
x = 580 and
(1/2)x = 290