SOLUTION: Marsha has $23,479 in the bank. If she deposits 25% of her total, what percent of the new total must she remove to give her the same total as she started with?

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Question 1019324: Marsha has $23,479 in the bank. If she deposits 25% of her total, what percent of the new total must she remove to give her the same total as she started with?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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marsha has 23,479 in the bank.

if she deposits 25% of her total, what percent of the new total must she remove to give her the same total as she started with?

the total she has in the bank now is 23479.

25% of that is equal to .25 * 23479 which is equal to 5869.75.

her new total is 23479 + 5869.75 = 29348.75

to get back to her original total, she has to remove that 5869.75 from the new total.

that 5869.75 is equal to 5869.75 / 29348.75 = .2 which is equal to 20% of the new total.

that's your solution.

she added 25% of her original total to her original total to get her new total of 29348.75.

she subtract 20% of her new total from her not total to get her original total of 23479.

that same 5869.75 was 25% of her original total but only 20% of her new total.