120 - 3/4y=60
lowest common multiple=4y
480y-3=240y
480y-240y=3
240y=3
y=3/240
y=1/80
Answer: y=1/80
Any equation that has a slope of 1/2. The equation has to be equivalent to y=1/2x-3 so, you can use the equation y=1/2x+4 (for example)
Since in 1990 there are 28%, we need to figure out when it gets to 31%. In addition, since it increases by 0.6% every year, we can say that 0.6x+28 (since 28 is the base value) is the percentage of babies born in wedlock every year. Therefore, to get 0.6x+28=31, we subtract 28 from both sides to get 0.6x=3
Dividing both sides by 0.6, we get x=5=the amount of years it takes to get 31% of babies born in wedlock. Since 1990 is the base value (we start from there!), we add 5 to that to get 1990+5=1995 as the yar
