SOLUTION: 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

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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









Found 2 solutions by stanbon, MathLover1:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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chris spent 62 and a half percent of her money buying shoes.if she had 25.95 euro left how much had she at
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Let "x" be the amount she started with.
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Equation:
x - 0.625x = 25.95
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0.375x = 25.95
x = 25.95/0.375
x = 69.20 Euro
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Chris had x money
Chris spent 62 and a 1%2F2=0.5% percent of her money buying shoes
62 and a 1%2F2=0.5% is equal to 62.5% or 62.5%2F100=0.625
she spent 62.5% of her money x and we can write it as 0.625%2Ax
if she had 25.95 euro left, then we can write an equation like this:
x-0.625%2Ax=25.95....now we solve for x to find out how much money she had
x-0.625%2Ax=25.95
%281-0.625%29x=25.95
0.375x=25.95
x=25.95%2F0.375
highlight%28x=69.2%29
so, answer is: she had 69.2 euro and spent for shoes 69.2-25.95=43.25
euro and 43.25 euro is 62.5% of 69.2 euro
let's check it: 0.625%2A69.2=43.25 which confirms our answer