How do you write 10 less than half a number as 27 as an equation

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?

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

List x1, x2, x3, x4 where xi is the left endpoint of the four equal intervals used to estimate the area under the curve of f(x) between x = 4 and x = 6. a 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5 b 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6 c 4.25, 4.75, 5.25, 5.75 d 4, 4.2, 5.4, 6