tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post7357884091280247125..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: stretch your brain a bitKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-65255796782368320752016-05-19T19:58:22.318+09:002016-05-19T19:58:22.318+09:00Thanks.
I think.Thanks.<br />I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673778203788557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-53521328182673201492016-05-18T16:21:13.689+09:002016-05-18T16:21:13.689+09:00You look really, really serious in that photo, Joe...You look really, really serious in that photo, Joe. Sort of an "angry Jeremy Renner-as-sniper" thing going on.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-18762311694590800322016-05-18T16:17:31.657+09:002016-05-18T16:17:31.657+09:00My own procedure for tackling this problem:
1. D...My own procedure for tackling this problem:<br /><br />1. Define "this year" and "last year" as 2016 and 2015, respectively.<br />2. Let #male & female employees in 2015 = m & f, respectively.<br />3. For 2015, let m = f + 20, i.e., m - f = 20.<br />4. #male employees in 2016 = 0.9m. (10% fewer than prev. yr.)<br />5. #female employees in 2016 = 1.15f. (15% more than prev. yr.)<br />6. Let 0.9m + 1.15f = 182. (current total, 2016)<br />7. Systems of equations:<br /><br />0.9m + 1.15f = 182<br />m - f = 20<br /><br />8. Multiply bottom equation by 1.15. System now looks like:<br /><br />0.9m + 1.15f = 182<br />1.15m - 1.15f = 20<br /><br />9. Add equations, resulting in:<br /><br />2.05m = 205<br /><br />Therefore m = 100 and f = 80 (in <i>2015,</i> remember)<br /><br />80 * 1.15 = 92 female employees in 2016.<br /><br />QED.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-55297953899669390392016-05-18T16:10:44.252+09:002016-05-18T16:10:44.252+09:0092.
Why? Because math.92.<br />Why? Because math.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673778203788557804noreply@blogger.com