Question

Ebrant spends $76 in a gift shop. This is 80% of the money he planned to

spend in the gift shop. How much money, in dollars, did Mr. Hildebrant plan to
spend in the gift shop?

Answer 1

Mr. Hildebrant planned to spend $95 in the gift shop.

Explanation:

We want to find 80% of $? equals $76.

We can write an equation to help us solve for x, the money that Mr. Hildebrant planned to spend in the gift shop.

• .80x = 76

Divide both sides of the equation by .80.

• x = 95

Mr. Hildebrant planned to spend $95 in the gift shop.