Question

Charlie is saving money to buy a game. So far he has saved $20, which is one-fourth of the total cost of the game. how much does the game cost?

Answer 1

Let 'x' represent the cost of the game.

Therefore, one-fourth of the total cost of the game is

$\begin{gathered} \frac{1}{4}\text{ of x=20} \\ \frac{1}{4}x=20 \end{gathered}$

Evaluate for x

$x=20\times4=80$

Hence, the total cost of the game is $80.