Question

24. A butcher buys xkg of beef daily, he takes 2% of the beef

home and sell the rest. Find X if the butcher takes home
15kg of beef in 6 days.​

Answer 1

125 kg

Step-by-step explanation:

The problem above can be solved by using algebraic expressions.

First, let's get the total amount of beef that the butcher bought in 6 days.

Let x be the amount of beef in kg.

• 15kg is 2% of x
• 15 = 0.02(x)

• x =
  `(15)/(0.02)`

• x = 750 kg

The total amount of beef that the butcher bought in 6 days is 750 kg.

Let's divide the amount by 6 in order to know how much beef he bought daily.

• 750 ÷ 6 = 125 kg

The butcher bought 125 kg of beef daily.

• 125 x 2% (0.02) = 2.5 kg

This means that he took home 2.5 kg of beef daily. This totaled to15 kg of beef which he took home in 6 days.