about 15% of all federally owned land in the 48 contiguous states of the U.S in in Nevada. if F represent the area of federally owned and in these states and N represents the portion in Nevada, then what is the equation.

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anonymous · Answer

"15% of all federally owned land in the 48 contiguous states of the U.S is in Nevada"

Recognize that this sentence is an equation.
It isn't in algebra, but it is still an equation.
The "is" tells us we need an equals sign.

"15% of all federally owned land in the 48 contiguous states of the U.S = in Nevada"

anonymous · Answer

"F represent the area of federally owned"

This is just a variable designation.  We can use it to simplify the first equation.

"15% of F = in Nevada"

anonymous · Answer

"N represents the portion in Nevada"

Another variable designation for us.


"15% of F = N"

anonymous · Answer

We still need to change  "15% of F"

anonymous · Answer

In this case, the 'of' here is multiplication.

So we are left with: $$
15\% \times F = N
$$If we want to get rid of the percent, just divide by 100: $$
0.15 \times F = N
$$

anonymous · Answer

@pounce0129 

Do you see how I converted the English into algebra (math language)?

pounce0129 · Answer

yes thanks :)