Question

Linda spent $48. If the amount she spent was 15% of her savings, how much savings did she have before she shopped

Answer 1

Here, we want to know the amount of savings she had before shopping

Since it is an unknown amount, we can represent it with a variable

Let us call this amount $A

Now, from the question, 15% of her savings (this amount) is worth $48

Mathematically, we have this as;