A boy who was asked to find 3% of a sum of a money misread the question and found 8% - Maths - Rational Numbers

Question

A boy who was asked to find 3% of a sum of a money misread the
question and found 8% of it his answers was 72 what should have
been the correct answer?

Ankita Agarwal · Accepted Answer

Dear Student,

Given: 8% of x = 728100× x =72x = 72×1008x = 9003% of 900 = 3100×900= 27So, the correct answer should be 27

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A boy who was asked to find 3% of a sum of a money misread the question and found 8% of it his answers was 72 what should have been the correct answer?