SOLUTION: A student pays 20% more for his bus fares from home to school than he used to pay 2 years ago. If he pays 30 shillings how much did he used to pay
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Question 1202388: A student pays 20% more for his bus fares from home to school than he used to pay 2 years ago. If he pays 30 shillings how much did he used to pay
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume he was paying x shillings
Now he pays 20% more (0.2)
Now he pays 1.2x =30
x= 30/1.2
x=25
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