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A crowd-funding project has received $16,770, which is $1230 less than 90% of the goal amount. What is the goal amount?

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Answer:

The goal is $19,800.

Explanation:

$16,770 is $1,230 less than %90 of the goal. If you add 16,770 and 1,230, you get 18,000. Then you have to multiply that by 1.10 to get it to the goal. That is how you get $19,800, which is the answer.

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