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mamadebYes, *Algebra*.
One of the customers wanted to know how much she should ask for her house such that, after the agent's fee, she still had $700,000. Agent's fee is 5%.
After the agent struggled with the dreaded *math* for a while, she asked me.
I took out a pen and paper, and came up with this formula.
x-0.05x=700,000
0.95x=700,000
I told the agent, who had a calculator, to do 700,000/0.95 and viola! Approximately 737,000, which rounds nicely to $740,000. Easy. And, yeah, fun.
Because, see, algebra is used in real life and all the time. Why won't people believe that? If there wasn't that block, life would be a lot smoother.
And on another note - the online client seems to know what the date is now.
One of the customers wanted to know how much she should ask for her house such that, after the agent's fee, she still had $700,000. Agent's fee is 5%.
After the agent struggled with the dreaded *math* for a while, she asked me.
I took out a pen and paper, and came up with this formula.
x-0.05x=700,000
0.95x=700,000
I told the agent, who had a calculator, to do 700,000/0.95 and viola! Approximately 737,000, which rounds nicely to $740,000. Easy. And, yeah, fun.
Because, see, algebra is used in real life and all the time. Why won't people believe that? If there wasn't that block, life would be a lot smoother.
And on another note - the online client seems to know what the date is now.