Smart People: Help me do math homework

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Coogs

That's all good if he is allowed to only use 2 of the 4 options. But if he is required to use all 4 of the percentages listed, he better go with something like along the lines I provided for him.

EDIT: We are essentially doing the same thing... I just eliminated 2 of the options by giving each a 25% value. Didn't mean to come across as my way was better Saul Good! Hope you didn't take it that way.

If you have to use all four, simply divide the percentages in half, do the same thing for options 1 and 2, and add them together.

Standard algebra is really all that is needed here, and it's about a 30 second solution. I don't feel like math instructors do a good enough job of translating their teachings into practical applications. There really isn't any point in learning algebra if you don't know how to apply it. If you do, it's actually extremely useful and comes in handy a lot more often than most people probably realize.

Then, when you use it, people look at you like you just explained string theory even though you're just really busting out something you learned in 7th grade.