**Medal**

In an effort to reduce her monthly cell phone bill, Hannah talked fifty fewer minutes this month than the previous month. If this represents an eight percent reduction in talk time, how many minutes did Hannah talk on her cell phone the previous month?

four hundred

six hundred twenty-five

eight hundred

one thousand six hundred

Question

**Medal** 

In an effort to reduce her monthly cell phone bill, Hannah talked fifty fewer minutes this month than the previous month. If this represents an eight percent reduction in talk time, how many minutes did Hannah talk on her cell phone the previous month?

 four hundred

 six hundred twenty-five

 eight hundred

 one thousand six hundred

anonymous · Answer

translate as "50  is 8% of what number" or in math $$50=.08n$$

anonymous · Answer

solve via 
$$n=50\div .08$$