Ben was framing a small herb garden for his mother. he
wants to garden to be 30 inches long and 45 inches wide
which piece of wood will ben need to purchase to frame
the garden?

1350 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Ben was framing a small herb garden for his mother .

He  wants garden to be 30 inches long and 45 inches wide.

So,

Length of a small herb garden framed by Ben for his mother = 30 inches

Breadth of a small herb garden framed by Ben for his mother = 45 inches

We need to find the dimensions of a piece of wood that Ben will need to purchase to frame  the garden.

As the garden is in the shape of rectangle, it's area = length × breadth

So, area of piece of wood that Ben will need to frame the garden = 30 inches × 45 inches = 1350 inches

step-by-step explanation:

30% of $420 is 0.30($420) = $126 and $420 + $126 = $546.

or, 130% of $420 is 1.3($420) = $546.

notice that this is not the $600 original list price with which we started.

why doesn't this work?

the method does not work because 30% of $420 is not the same amount as the 30% of $600. it may seem obvious when stated this way, but it is a very common error made on problems of this type. we cannot just use the same percent and get back to the original amount because we are taking that percent of a different value.

to work problems of this type correctly, it is generally best to write an equation for the situation and then solve.

example: since (100% – 30%)(original price) = (sale price)

70% of the   (original price) is $420.

0.7x   = 420

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x = 600

the original cost was $600.

we may also solve this problem using the two-step method. working the problem in two steps requires us to use more algebra skills. we have to know that x = 1x (identity property of multiplicationtext annotation indicator) and that 1x – 0.3x = 0.7x (subtracting like terms). then we solve the problem as follows:

(original price) – 30%(original price) = sale price

x – 0.3x = 420

0.7x = $420

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x = 600

the original cost was $600.  

note that with both of the above methods we do obtain the correct original amount.

example: after a 5% pay raise, hermione is earning $22,680 per year. what was she earning before the pay raise?

105% of (original salary) = current salary

1.05x = 22,680

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x = 21,600

hermione earned $21,600 per year before the pay raise.

this is an example so maybe you will get how to at least do it!

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