SOLUTION: chris spent 62 and a half percent of her money buying shoes.if she had 25.95 euro left how much had she at first please explain

Question 940748: chris spent 62 and a half percent of her money buying shoes.if she had 25.95 euro left how much had she at first please explain

Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathLover1:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
chris spent 62 and a half percent of her money buying shoes.if she had 25.95 euro left how much had she at
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Let "x" be the amount she started with.
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Equation:
x - 0.625x = 25.95
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0.375x = 25.95
x = 25.95/0.375
x = 69.20 Euro
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Chris had money
Chris spent and a % percent of her money buying shoes
and a % is equal to % or
she spent % of her money and we can write it as
if she had euro left, then we can write an equation like this:
....now we solve for to find out how much money she had

so, answer is: she had euro and spent for shoes
euro and euro is % of euro
let's check it: which confirms our answer

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