Well, duh!

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My Number is 40% of what? I googled how to find out what total my income is 40% of. There is a formula. Don't tell me that you don't use algebra. The formula (or Step 1): MN (my number) = 40% × Y Step 2: MN = 40/100× Y Step 3: Y = MN x 100/40 So, I plugged in My Number, multiplied it by 100, divided it by 40 and got my answer just fine. Then, I got to thinking. What if I take my number, divide it by 4, add that number to My Number and then double it. That works. THEN, I thought I'd try something else. On paper, I divided My Number by 4. While I was doing that, the number was starting to look familiar. It was looking an awful lot like the total I got when I worked the formula from googling. When I finished division of My Number, I thought, "This is one-fourth of my number which is one-tenth of one-hundred percent so I need to multiply this by 10 (which means adding a zero)." Voila! I got the right answer! Well, Duh!! Why didn't I think of that in the first place. It would've saved me from googling it!! LOL Hope you were able to follow my thought process.