Question

Tony buys a washing machine

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

£480 = 120% (after adding the 20% VAT).

we want to know how much 100% is.

he do we get from 120% to 100% ?

first the formal long way

£480 = 120%

1% = 120%/120 = 480/120 = £4

100% = 1% × 100 = 4×100 = £400

once you understand this mechanism, you can apply the direct shortcut :

£480 / 1.2 = £400

as a multiplication with 100/120 is the same as a division by 120/100, which is 1.2.

and what we did at the beginning in long form was nothing else than

£480 × 100/120 = 480 × 10/12 = 480 × 5/6 = £400

Answer 2

Answer:

£384

Step-by-step explanation:

you first calculate 20% of 480:

480×20/100

you cancel:

48×2/1=96

you minus the result from 480:

480-96=384