SOLUTION: If Brunhilda went to the casino and lost 40% of her money playing Pai Gow poker before doubling her remaining money playing roulette, the amount of money she had after playing roul
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Question 1189184: If Brunhilda went to the casino and lost 40% of her money playing Pai Gow poker before doubling her remaining money playing roulette, the amount of money she had after playing roulette is what percent of the amount of money she started with? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! start with 100.
She lost 40% so now has 60
She doubled that to have 120
120% of the money she started with.
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started with x
then had 0.6x
then doubled that to 1.2x
and 1.2 x is 120% of what she started with.
