Question 997825
47 is percent, per-cent means for every hundred. But you want to know 47 per-one, so you can multiply that per-one for however many you want. So the first thing you do is: 47/100= 0.47.
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Let's call the number we're looking for x. Then:
0.47x= 2 914 Divide both sides by 0.47 and the result is your answer.
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"A father is 60 years old. His son is twice as old as the father was when the son was born. Find out how old the father was when the son was born" Insufficient information. I think you made a mistake copying it and I think it probably should say "The sum of the present ages of a son and his father is 60" If that was the case, then solving it is a breeze.