# Thread: Genius not required. What is an item worth if the value of .532 of it is $23,869? 1. ## Genius not required. What is an item worth if the value of .532 of it is$23,869?

. . . for some reason I can't solve this very simple problem. Or it seems like it should be simple, but my brain ain't functioning. Then again, it has probably been 45 years since I've taken a math course of any variety.

What I want to know is, if $23,869 is the value of .532 of an item, what is the value of 1 entire item? I hate having to ask such a lame-brained question, but somehow I doubt that dividing$23,869 by .532 produces the correct answer. Would reducing $23,869 by .032 and then doubling that figure produce the right answer? 2. ## Re: Genius not required. What is an item worth if the value of .532 of it is$23,869?

Originally Posted by Zootgeist
. . . for some reason I can't solve this very simple problem. Or it seems like it should be simple, but my brain ain't functioning. Then again, it has probably been 45 years since I've taken a math course of any variety.

What I want to know is, if \$23,869 is the value of .532 of an item, what is the value of 1 entire item? I hate having to ask such a lame-brained question, but somehow I doubt that dividing \$23,869 by .532 produces the correct answer. Would reducing $\23,869 by .032 and then doubling that figure produce the right answer? The above is the cleaned-up text. Use a dollar sign causes Tex to kick in. Put a back slash before it. Suppose that$P$is the entire price than$ \begin{align*} 0.532P&=\$23,869\\&=\dfrac{\$23,869}{.533}\\&=~? \end{align*}\$ See HERE