SOLUTION: Jan brings in a check for $2941. She wants to get $100 in cash, put 20% of the remaining amount into her savings account, and then put the rest into her checking account. How much

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Question 622625: Jan brings in a check for $2941. She wants to get $100 in cash, put 20% of the remaining amount into her savings account, and then put the rest into her checking account. How much money will jan be putting into her checking account?
Answer by dragonwalker(73) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Just take it one step at at time.
Start with $2941.
She gets $100 in cash so 2941-100 = 2841 left
Now 20% of this: 20 per cent can be written as 20 parts per 'cent' (or 100) i.e. 20/100 or 0.20
So multiply 0.20 by 2841 to give 20% of this amount = $568.20
So $568.20 goes into the savings.
So take this amount from 2841 to find how much is left to put into the checking account:
2841 - 568.20 = $2272.80