Question 1135547
<font face="times" color="black" size="3">"He has already paid back 60% of the initial debt. His family offered to help by paying 33% of the initial debt"


So he has 60% + 33% = 93% of the debt taken care of leaving 100% - 93% = 7% remaining


That 7% is represented by $105 since he needs this amount to fully pay off the debt. 


Let x be the amount of total debt initially owed.
7% of x is the same as saying 0.07*x since 7% = 7/100 = 0.07
the "of" means "multiply"


Set 0.07x equal to 105 and solve for x
0.07x = 105
0.07x/0.07 = 105/0.07  <<-- divide both sides by 0.07
x = 1500


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Answer:
The initial amount of the debt was $1500</font>