Question

while playing a word game with friends, dylan predicted how many points he would score. he scored 80 points but had predicted he would score 12.5% more than that. how many points did dylan predict he would score? ______ points

Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

$12.5\% = 0.125$

Step2: Calculate predicted points

Let $P$ be predicted points. $P = 80 + 80\times0.125$
$P = 80 + 10$

Answer:

90 points