Amira goes shopping and spends 20% of her money on a pair of shorts. She spends another one third of her money on a present for her mum, and a quarter of her money on lunch out with her friends. She is left with $26.How much did she spend on the shorts?Amount spent on shorts = $
Question
Amira goes shopping and spends 20% of her money on a pair of shorts. She spends another one third of her money on a present for her mum, and a quarter of her money on lunch out with her friends. She is left with
Solution
To solve this problem, we first need to determine how much money Amira had initially.
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We know that after spending on shorts, a present, and lunch, Amira is left with $26. This remaining amount represents 100% - 20% (shorts) - 33.33% (present) - 25% (lunch) = 21.67% of her initial amount of money.
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To find out the initial amount, we can set up the equation: 21.67/100 * Initial amount = 26 / (21.67/100) = $120.
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Now that we know Amira initially had 120 is 24.
So, Amira spent $24 on the shorts.
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