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Last month, Cho opened a checking account. Since then, he withdrew 21 dollars, which was 84% of the balance. How much did

Cho have in the account last month?

User Logankilpatrick
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Answer:

25

Explanation:

x= 21 * 100/84

User Tcb
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Answer:25$

Step-by-step explanation: 21$ is 84% of how much money Cho had last month. So we need to find 100%. You can use a proportion which makes it easier to solve in my opinion. The proportion is 21 over x = 84/100. x is the amount of money Cho had last month which we don't know. 84/100 is 84% out of 100% since any percent is always out of 100. If we cross-multiply and make the proportion into an equation. The equation: 84*x=21*100 which simplifies into 84x=2100. If you do 2100/84, you would get 25 which is x which is the amount of money Cho had last month.

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