Your fitness tracker overestimates the number of steps you take by 5%. The trackers indicates that you took 7350 steps today. Wr

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2 years ago

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ite and solve an equation to find the actual number of steps you took today.

2 answers:

ivolga24 [154] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-01T22:23:34+03:00

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Answer:

7,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of actual steps is x.

x + x(.05) = 7350 This is actual steps plus the extra 5% equals the number shown on the tracker.

Pull out x

x (1+.05) = 7350

x (1.05) = 7350 Divide by 1.05

(x (1.05))/1.05 = 7350/1.05

x = 7,000

ahrayia [7] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-02T00:52:56+03:00

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You would have taken 367.5 steps. you would divide 10% of the number by 2. to find 10% of the number you move the decimal point of one place