Question

Every year Chana uses her income from her job to pay for 80% of her college tuition. Next year Chana will need to contribute $2,000 toward her tuition. Next year the tuition will be $600 more than this year's tuition. How much is this year's tuition?

Answer 1

$1400

Explanation:

Given that:

80% of the college tuition was paid from the income of Chana.

Next year, Amount to be contributed toward the tuition = $2000

Next year, the tuition will be $600 more than this year's tuition.

To find:

Amount of this year's tuition = ?

Solution:

Let the amount of this year's tuition = $
`x`

As per the question statement, next year's tuition will be $2000 which is $600 more than this year's tuition fee.

Writing the equation:

`x+\$600 = \$2000\\\Rightarrow \bold{x = \$1400}`

This year's tuition fee is $1400.