Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2019 September 22

= September 22 =

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Hello, Would someone kindly tell me the value of Y in following equation? Regards, — usernamekiran (talk)  03:56, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * my calculations say somewhere near 16,667. But I can't be sure. — usernamekiran (talk)  03:59, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Have confidence in your calculations. The answer is not an exact whole unit.   Dbfirs  07:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Have confidence in your calculations. The answer is not an exact whole unit.   D<i style="color: #0cf;">b</i><i style="color: #4fc;">f</i><i style="color: #6f6;">i</i><i style="color: #4e4;">r</i><i style="color: #4a4">s</i>  07:00, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Since you did the math, we can check your work for you. And yes, the answer is 16666 2/3. SinisterLefty (talk) 08:15, 22 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Three halves of what you want is 25000, so you want two thirds of 25000. →2A00:23C6:AA05:6500:451C:348A:A734:F523 (talk) 11:29, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * lol. This isn't homework. It's about air India's frequent flyer programme. A member gets promoted after getting 25,000 miles. And they can purchase miles only once, that too 50% of your balance miles . But your help is appreciated a lot. Thank you folks —<span style="font-size: 107%; letter-spacing:1.2pt; font-family: monospace, monospace;">usernamekiran<b style="letter-spacing:1pt;">(talk)</b> 13:15, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Maybe this can help you solve similar problems:
 * Y = 1Y, by definition
 * 50% of Y = 50/100 × Y, by definition
 * Y + (50% of Y) = 1Y + 0.5Y = 1.5Y
 * If 1.5Y = 25000 then Y = 25000/1.5
 * PrimeHunter (talk) 13:46, 29 September 2019 (UTC)