Amanda receives money from her relatives every year on her birthday. Last year, she

Mathematics

1 answer:

umka21 [38]2 years ago

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Answer:

We can call last years amount as 100 percent. that means 68-100. We want to know was 85 is so we can say 85-x. We have 68-100

85-x

Cross multiplying and solving for x we get 8500/68 =x x=125, so the answer is 125.

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