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this problems is about matrices and i'm a little stuck on how to do this.

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

Find the value of x. give reasons to justify your solutions! c ∈ ae

Linda loans her friend $250 with a 5% monthly intrest rate. how much was the whole loan?