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Monthly budget for her cell phone bill when she spent 120% of her budget and the bill was 60.00 what’s her monthly budget

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Solution: $50

Step by step: you can set up the equation that 120%x=60, but for it to be easier you can just change 120% to 1.2 (one whole and 2 tenths or 120) to get the equation 1.2x=60, then to find x just do the algebra
1.2x=60
x=60/1.2
x=50
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