Question

20. Higher Order Thinking Marcus spent

20% of y dollars to pay for his car to be
repaired. What is y if 20% of y is about
$40? Explain how you estimated and which
property of equality you used to find y.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Use the words in the problem to write the equation you need to solve it. The word "of" means to multiply, the word "is" means "equals", and we always put a percentage in the form of a decimal when we use it in an equation.

Our equation would look like

.20y = 40 so

y = 200