Cara put [tex]$18 into her savings account last week. This is 90% of her earnings from babysitting. How much did she earn babysitting?

A. $[/tex]20
B. [tex]$22
C. $[/tex]28
D. $30



Answer :

To find out how much Cara earned from babysitting, we know that she put [tex]$18 into her savings account and this amount represents 90% of her total earnings from babysitting. Let's denote Cara's total babysitting earnings as \( x \). Given: \[ 0.90 \times x = 18 \] To solve for \( x \), we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. We can do this by dividing both sides of the equation by 0.90: \[ x = \frac{18}{0.90} \] When we perform this division, we get: \[ x = 20 \] Therefore, Cara earned \( \$[/tex]20 \) from babysitting.

Thus, the correct answer is:

A. [tex]\( \$ 20 \)[/tex]

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