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Excellent...Thank you very much!

by onesixeight

Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:16 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Help with Fraction Problem...
Replies: 6
Views: 2206

I'm almost embarrassed to ask, but how did you get this part:

Y/4=6/7*(X-Y)/(8)

56Y=24X-24Y

Could you explain how 8 got cross multiplied with 7, and 6 and 4 on the other side.

Thanks!

by onesixeight

Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:55 pm
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Help with Fraction Problem...
Replies: 6
Views: 2206

Help with Fraction Problem...

I'm not sure where I got this problem from, but I have difficulty with these type of fraction problems. A student took 12 tests. The student's average (arithmetic mean) on the first 4 tests was 6/7 of the student's average on the final 8 tests. What fraction of the total number of points that the st...

by onesixeight

Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:32 am
Forum: Problem Solving
Topic: Help with Fraction Problem...
Replies: 6
Views: 2206