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Jack is learning how to save,spend,and give his money away. He has determined to give away 10% if his summer job earnings. If he gives away $256, how much did he earn this summer?

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Answer:

he would earn 2560

Explanation:

User Tmac
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Answer:

Jack earned $2560 this summer.

Explanation:

Given:

Money given away = $256

Percentile of money give away = 10%

We need to find the total money he earned this summer.

Solution:

Let the total money he earned this summer be 'x'.

So we can say that;

Money given away is equal to Percentile of money give away multiplied by total money he earned this summer and then divided by 100.

framing in equation form we get;


(10)/(100)* x = 256\\\\(x)/(10)=256

Now multiplying both side by 10 we get;


(x)/(10)* 10=256* 10\\\\x=\$2560

Hence Jack earned $2560 this summer.

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