Question

Bought large bag of seed and used 24% of bag. How many pounds in original bag if 15.2 pounds left?

Answer 1

Question:

Heather bought a large bag of bird seed and used 24% of the bag. How many pounds were originally in the bag if there are 15.2 pounds left?

Answer:

There were 20 pounds of seed in bag originally

Solution:

Given that,

Heather used 24 % of bag

There are 15.2 pounds left

To find: Pounds of seed in bag originally

Let "x" be the pounds of seed in bag originally

From given,

100 % - 24 % = 76 %

Thus 76 % of bag is unused

Also, given that there are 15.2 pounds left

Therefore, we can say,

76 % of x = 15.2

$76 \% \times x = 15.2\\\\\frac{76}{100} \times x = 15.2\\\\0.76x = 15.2\\\\x = \frac{15.2}{0.76}\\\\x = 20$

Thus there were 20 pounds of seed in bag originally