Chezdon

Wow what a great read. I read that over two days here at "work". Some life you've lead. An almost movie-like ending. Bit lucky eh?! Bet you have other great stories to tell.

Anyone interested in a Boss RC-2? Got it for Christmas and barely used it. Need some cash. Open to sensible offers before I inevitabely chuck it on Ebay... Pics to follow if need be.

You failed, right? I mean, really, really horribly failed. Well I got a D. so A, B, C, D then E. Not the best... I was good at maths - sitting at a desk for 5 years combined with not using any algebra since then has caused me to forget! Jeez. I'm sure there's things in school you've forgotten... As I said - it's coming back to me now, I just haven't used it in so long. FFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

I'm just stressing. I got a nice new EC1000 at home that needs playing and I'm stuck with this {censored} that needs to be done in 10 minutes when some guy's been sitting on it all day. Yes, he was being helpful, but also being a dick.

Ok - my job doesn't centre around maths this is a one off. Just go spout your holier than thou {censored} elsewhere. I had a choice - come here and get an answer in 5 minutes whilst doing other work or sit down ignoring my clients and working it out. I took the lazy option. Thank you to everyone else for explaining.

X is the cost you are trying to find. x*.25 is 25% of what the value you are trying to find. In order to get to 5000 you have to take the original value (x) and add that to the 25% of x since there is (1) X plus 25% of another X, that leaves you with 1.25X = 5000 Divide 5000 by 1.25 to get your value of X... Been about 8 years since I've done this. I could work it out on my own but I'm under pressure here! Thanks ztevin, more than helpful. Unlike that pompous {censored} jnmartin.

Well I did A level maths... I've just totally forgotton it and had a mind blank!! We've gotta work out costs for something but only have the final figure... I don't really get your formula either, please explain

How do you work out what the figure was before a percentage was added to it? For example: I have a final figure of 5000. I know 25% was added to a figure to get to 5000. How do I work out what that figure was? Thanks in advance! Problem at work

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