Question

your mother gave you $12.32 with which to buy a present this covered 3/5 of the cost how much did the present cost

Answer 1

\[12.32\div 5=2.46\]
\[(2.46)(3) = $7.39\]

Answer 2

do you know how to write that in an algebraic equation

Answer 3

You have $12.32, which covers 3/5 of the cost of the present. More simply, 60%.
Multiple by the reciprocal of 3/5, 5/3 to get 100%:
($12.32)*(5/3)=$20.53

Answer 4

@Aveline do you know how to write that in an algebraic equation

Answer 5

12.32+0.4x=x