HELP..Maya spent 40% of her savings to pay for a bike that cost her $85 how much money was in her savings to begin with?

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adriana21a adriana21a

08-02-2015
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HELP..Maya spent 40% of her savings to pay for a bike that cost her $85 how much money was in her savings to begin with?

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kaylagrlz12 kaylagrlz12 · Answer 1 · 2015-02-08T22:52:04-05:00

kaylagrlz12 kaylagrlz12

08-02-2015

If 40% or .4 of her savings is $85 then we can write the equation .4s=$85 (s being the original amount in savings)
Divide both sides by .4 to get s= $212.50 as the original amount that she had

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eah eah · Answer 2 · 2015-02-09T03:22:43-05:00

eah eah

09-02-2015

$85 is 40% of her savings.

So,

40% of x is egual to $85
40/100x = 85
0,4x = 85
x = 85 / 0,4
x = 212,5

[tex]ANSWER = \$ 212,50[/tex]

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