SOLUTION: Hi Bob withdrew 33% of his savings to buy a handheld game. He had $4.50 left. If there was a 5% discount on the handheld game he will have change of $20.50. How much does he ha

Question 1195510: Hi
Bob withdrew 33% of his savings to buy a handheld game. He had $4.50 left. If there was a 5% discount on the handheld game he will have change of $20.50.
How much does he have in his savings altogether.
Thanks

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
He had $4.50 left, after what? Withdrawing from savings? Buying the game, the resulting cash unspent from what he withdrew?

The exercise description is not written properly.

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Just this much, which not yet gives any information about purchasing the games:

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Bob withdrew 33% of his savings to buy a handheld game. He had $4.50 left.
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His account initially was A.
If withdrew 33% of A, then account still holds 67% of A.
He had still in the savings account, ;
-----------But the rest of the description throws this part of the result off.

Fix your problem description.
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

what you wrote in your post needs to be deciphered,

in order to be clear and understandable.

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