Question

Richard and Kayla have 48 apples. Kayla has 35% more apples than Richard.
a) Write an equation that represents this situation.

Answer 1

@confluxepic

Answer 2

okay if I had 10
and I increased it by 35%
I would have to find 35% of 10 then add it on
so 10 is 100%
to get 35% of 10 I do
\[\frac{ 35 \times 10 }{ 100 }\]
\[\frac{ 35 }{ 10 }=3.5\]
a 35% increase of 10 would be 10+ 3.5
this is 100% + 35%
this in total is 135%

135% as a decimal is 1.35
if you let apples be the variable a
we know that kayla has 35% more apples than richard

this means 135% of richards apples, is the amount that kayla has

so let r= amount of apples richard has
and let k=kayla

we get an equation that kayla is equal to 135% of richard
so we get
k=1.35r

Answer 3

@amorfide Thank you.

Answer 4

Well done. @amorfide

Answer 5

thank you :)