{"id":280561,"date":"2025-08-04T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=280561"},"modified":"2025-08-04T20:34:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:34:17","slug":"80-x50020x55000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/04\/80-x50020x55000\/","title":{"rendered":"(80-x)(500+20x)=55000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(80-x)(500+20x)=55000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s solve the equation (80\u2212x)(500+20x)=55000(80 &#8211; x)(500 + 20x) = 55000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Expand the equation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, apply the distributive property to expand the left-hand side: (80\u2212x)(500+20x)=80\u22c5500+80\u22c520x\u2212x\u22c5500\u2212x\u22c520x(80 &#8211; x)(500 + 20x) = 80 \\cdot 500 + 80 \\cdot 20x &#8211; x \\cdot 500 &#8211; x \\cdot 20x<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now simplify each term: =40000+1600x\u2212500x\u221220&#215;2= 40000 + 1600x &#8211; 500x &#8211; 20x^2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine like terms: =40000+1100x\u221220&#215;2= 40000 + 1100x &#8211; 20x^2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the equation becomes: 40000+1100x\u221220&#215;2=5500040000 + 1100x &#8211; 20x^2 = 55000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Rearrange the equation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve for xx, move all terms to one side of the equation: 40000+1100x\u221220&#215;2\u221255000=040000 + 1100x &#8211; 20x^2 &#8211; 55000 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simplify: \u221215000+1100x\u221220&#215;2=0-15000 + 1100x &#8211; 20x^2 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiply through by -1 to make the leading coefficient positive: 15000\u22121100x+20&#215;2=015000 &#8211; 1100x + 20x^2 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Solve the quadratic equation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we have a quadratic equation: 20&#215;2\u22121100x+15000=020x^2 &#8211; 1100x + 15000 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To simplify further, divide the entire equation by 20: x2\u221255x+750=0x^2 &#8211; 55x + 750 = 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the quadratic formula to solve for xx: x=\u2212(\u221255)\u00b1(\u221255)2\u22124(1)(750)2(1)x = \\frac{-(-55) \\pm \\sqrt{(-55)^2 &#8211; 4(1)(750)}}{2(1)} x=55\u00b13025\u221230002x = \\frac{55 \\pm \\sqrt{3025 &#8211; 3000}}{2} x=55\u00b1252x = \\frac{55 \\pm \\sqrt{25}}{2} x=55\u00b152x = \\frac{55 \\pm 5}{2}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there are two possible solutions: x=55+52=30orx=55\u221252=25x = \\frac{55 + 5}{2} = 30 \\quad \\text{or} \\quad x = \\frac{55 &#8211; 5}{2} = 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The two possible values for xx are 3030 and 2525.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(80-x)(500+20x)=55000 The correct answer and explanation is: Let&#8217;s solve the equation (80\u2212x)(500+20x)=55000(80 &#8211; x)(500 + 20x) = 55000. 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