Respuesta :
520 x 0.2 = 104
520 + 104 = 625
Curtley's annual heating cost before he got his loft insulated was $624.00
520 + 104 = 625
Curtley's annual heating cost before he got his loft insulated was $624.00
Answer:
$650
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x represent curtleys original annual heating cost.
We have been given that Loft insulation reduces annual heating costs by 20%.
So the cost after 20% reduction would be 80% of original cost that is [tex]\frac{80}{100}x=0.80x[/tex].
We have been given that after he insulated his loft, curtleys annual heating cost was £520. We can represent this information in an equation as:
[tex]0.80x= \$520[/tex]
[tex]\frac{0.80x}{0.80}= \frac{\$520}{0.80}[/tex]
[tex]x=\$650}[/tex]
Therefore, Curtley's annual heat costing would have been $650, if he had not insulated his loft.