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  • Oct 13, 2015, 05:51 AM
    aztect
    Solving equation with a letter in it
    Hello, so my teachers are still not clear on explaining things so i thought I'd ask here,

    part of the equation is;
    (20,000 x P) – [0.9*((20,000P)/0.7)] = blah blah blah

    The problem is i cant figure out how to do the [0.9*((20,000P)/0.7)] Which is screwing up the whole question for me.
  • Oct 13, 2015, 06:12 AM
    ebaines
    Starting with:



    Note that the 20000P term can be factored out:








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