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Every week, Fred deposits $84 into his savings account, which is 20% of his weekly income. How much income does Fred make each week?

User DBencz
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Answer:

ze answer is 420 since 84 is 20% of 100 and 20 x 5 - 100 so,84 x 5 = 420

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User Murat Kurbanov
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Answer:

Fred's monthly income is $420.

Explanation:

There are two main ways of solving this. There are many ways of solving for this, but personally I like to do divide the percentage by 100 so it would look something like this-

100/20 = 5.

Then I multiply $84 by 5 which is $420.

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