SOLUTION: If 200 dollars is 30 percent of my check what is the remaining 70 percent

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Question 1022528: If 200 dollars is 30 percent of my check what is the remaining 70 percent
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
200=%2830%2F100%29X
X=%28200%28100%29%29%2F30
But you don't want X, you want 70% of it, so,
%2870%2F100%29X=%2870%2F100%29%28%28200%28100%29%29%2F30%29
%2870%2F100%29X=%2814000%29%2F30%29
%2870%2F100%29X=466.67