SOLUTION: $6 is 15% of what amount of money?

Question 388208: $6 is 15% of what amount of money?
Answer by aggie_tutor(13) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Shift the words around:
"$6 of what amount of money is 15% ?"
Let y be the amount of money you want to find.
remember a percent always goes over 100.
Multiply each side by y, because we want to find y and its in the denominator right now, and that's not good.
Left side y cancels out.
Multiply each side by 100 to get rid of fraction on right.
Right side 100 cancels out.
Now solve for y : divide each side by 15.

$40 is the total amount of money. Eyeball this answer. Does it seem right?
Does $6 sound like 15% of $40?
What is close to 15% Try 10%. What is 10% of 40? $4. That's close to $6.

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