Your brother asked you to help him build a bookcase for your next-door neighbor. Since he is doing most of the work, you get 3 dollars for every 5 dollars he makes. He got paid 67 dollars. How much did you get paid?

You got paid $40.20

Step-by-step explanation:

First let's find out how many 5's they gave him:

$67 (brother's money) ÷ 5 = 13.4 (how many times they paid him)

Now we find out how much money they gave you:

$3 (how much they give you) x 13.4 = $40.20 (your total money)

x ≥ 18 is your answer

step-by-step explanation:

let "a number" = x

(2/3)x + 17 ≥ 29

isolate the variable (x). do the opposite of pemdas (parenthesis, exponent (& root), multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).

first, subtract 17 from both sides.

(2/3)x + 17 (-17) ≥ 29 (-17)

(2/3)x ≥ 29 - 17

(2/3)x ≥ 12

next, multiply 3/2 to both sides to isolate the x

(3/2)(2/3)x ≥ 12(3/2)

x ≥ 12(3/2)

simplify. multiply, then divide

x ≥ (12 * 3)/2

x ≥ (36)/2

x ≥ 18

x ≥ 18 is your answer

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