In a sale of game boys were reduced by 2/5 what is the sale price if the original price was 50.00
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Let's first turn all the words into numbers:
Two and four tenths = 2.4
One and six tenths = 1.6
Four and one tenth = 4.1
Now lets represent "a number" as x.
Then translate the wording into a linear equation:
Simplify and isolate the variable:
Divide by 0.8
x>1.375 or x>1 3/8
let's say the bill without the tip is "x" amount, so that'd be the 100% of the bill, but we also know that 4.50 is the 18% of "x".
so if 4.50 is the 18% of "x", how much is "x"?