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03-12-2008, 02:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bath, England | | | Need help with a basic maths question!
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I just cant figure it out so Ill ask:
45% of 3,000,000 is 1350000
(0.45 * 3,000,000)
this is easy enough... but what about going the other way?
The 3,000,000 is the 45% so what was the original value? What Im really after is a formulal to get the original value from a value if I know what percent it was.
Im really not mathimatical so am having troubles with this!
Any help, much appreciated! (don't mock, please!) |
03-12-2008, 03:06 PM
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03-12-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by thesteve  divide 3,000,000 by .45 | What he said. Here's how you get there:
45% of X = 3,000,000
OR
(0.45)X = 3,000,000
SO
X = 3,000,000 / 0.45 |
03-12-2008, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by thesteve divide 3,000,000 by .45 | mmm, I dismissed that because it didnt look right.
And when I tried to do that with the 1350000 to get 3m, I left a zero out so thought it didnt work.
It all makes sense now!
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03-12-2008, 03:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, TX | | | actually it would be this X=Y(Z) where X is the current value y is the percent and z is the original number that your trying to find.
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03-12-2008, 04:23 PM
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03-12-2008, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RedemptionBass I think the first step you should take is to stop calling it "maths". | Why? Part of what gives Talk Bass its colour is that it's an international forum, isn't it? Or has it standardised on US English without someone telling me? |
03-12-2008, 05:04 PM
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03-12-2008, 05:22 PM
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03-12-2008, 05:30 PM
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03-12-2008, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by dlloyd Yes. Certainly in the UK. | ah...never would've known that until now.
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03-12-2008, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by RedemptionBass Oh.....I see.
Maximum xenophobic duh for me.
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