After withdraing 20% of his balance, Alfred had a new balance of $1496. What was his balance b4 the withdrawal

Question

Please explain the process. I did one like this the other day. I cannot remember how I did it.

Answer 1

it used to be 100% , they took out 20% and you just got $1496.It means that $1496 is the remaining 80% from the total.

with other words 1496/x = 80/100 .... the result is 1870.

Now to see if its good take off 20% from 1870 (meaning 374) . 1870-374 is  exactly 1496....means you were right.

Answer 2

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