SOLUTION: Sarah's investment in Jet Blue Stock grew 28 % to $448.00 How much did she originally invest?

Question 255676: Sarah's investment in Jet Blue Stock grew 28 % to $448.00
How much did she originally invest?

Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We can set up an equation to handle this. Let's represent x to show the original amount and then add it to 28% times the original amount which will give us $448.
x+.28x=448 Combine like terms will give us:
1.28x=448 Divide both sides by 1.28 will be:
x=350
There we go the original amount is $350.00
Make sense?
RJ
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