Carol gave a 15% deposit on a diamond bracelet. The deposit was $73.50. What was the cost of the bracelet? P.S. I just need help to find the equation, then I can solve it by myself.

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anonymous · Answer

this question is asking 
"73.50 is 15% of what number?"
 translate directly in to math
73.5 is the number 73.5
"is" means equals 
"15%" means $.15$
"of" means $\times$
"what number?" choose a variable.  i pick $x$

your equations is 
$$73.50=.15\times x$$ solve for $x$ via 
$$x=73.50\div .15$$

anonymous · Answer

Ohhhh thank you! ^ So it will be $$0.15x = 73.50$$ -> $$0.15x \div 0.15 = 73.50 \div 0$$
therefore the answer is  $$x = $490$$ ?

anonymous · Answer

0.15 ** my bad