Meg started with the number 100. She increased this number by and then increased the resulting number by . What was her final result?
Solution
of the number 100 is 20, so when 100 is increased by , it becomes . of a number is half of that number, so of 120 is 60. Thus, when 120 is increased by , it becomes . Therefore, Meg's final result is 180.
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