document.write( "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\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #573370 by MathLover1(20850)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "Chris had \"x\" money\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Chris spent \"62\" and a \"1%2F2=0.5\"% percent of her money buying shoes\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"62\" and a \"1%2F2=0.5\"% is equal to \"62.5\"% or \"62.5%2F100=0.625\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "she spent \"62.5\"% of her money \"x\" and we can write it as \"0.625%2Ax\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if she had \"25.95\" euro left, then we can write an equation like this:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x-0.625%2Ax=25.95\"....now we solve for \"x\" to find out how much money she had\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x-0.625%2Ax=25.95\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%281-0.625%29x=25.95\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.375x=25.95\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=25.95%2F0.375\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=69.2%29\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, answer is: she had \"69.2\" euro and spent for shoes \"69.2-25.95=43.25\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "euro and \"43.25\" euro is \"62.5\"% of \"69.2\" euro\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let's check it: \"0.625%2A69.2=43.25\" which confirms our answer\r
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