Question

Find the number that when increased by $20\%$ becomes $500$ ?

Answer 1

let the number be $x$

When increased by $20\%$the number becomes $\frac{120}{100}\times x$

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{120}{100}\times x=500 \\ x=\frac{500\times 100}{120} \\ x=416.67 \end{gathered}$$

The number is $416.67$