SOLUTION: If 15 pesos is just 5/8 of the total amount. Find the total amount

Algebra.Com
Question 698326: If 15 pesos is just 5/8 of the total amount. Find the total amount
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let be the total amount
of the total amount is

if pesos is just of the total amount, than
....solve for






RELATED QUESTIONS

Billy bought a doughnut for x pesos and coffee for y pesos. The total amount he spent is... (answered by math_helper)
If you borrowed 10, 000 pesos from a bank with 18% interest per annum, what is the total... (answered by ikleyn)
Saudi saved 180 coins, consisting of 5 - peso and 1 - peso coins. The total amount saved... (answered by Cromlix)
If 8% of an amount is 240, find the... (answered by LinnW)
A piggy bank is 5 times as many as 25 centavo coin as 1 peso. The total amount of the... (answered by CubeyThePenguin)
The amount of 12, 800 pesos in 4 years at 5% compounded quarterly is: (answered by ikleyn)
Jayee's piggy bank contains 70 coins, in 25 centavo and 5 peso coins. the total amount of (answered by stanbon)
Adrian invested a total amount of 100,000 pesos in banks A and B With an interest rate of (answered by ikleyn)
15 articles are bought.some cost 5 c each and the remainder cost 8 c each. if the total... (answered by VFBundy,solver91311)