We had $840 left after spending 30% of the money that we took for shopping. How much money did we start with? Choose the correct choice from the following.
A) $1000	B) $1050	C) $1100	D) $1150	E) $1200
Let x be the amount of money we started with.   0.7x = 840   x = 1200   The answer is $1200.
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We had $840 left after spending 30% of the money that we took for shopping. How much money did we start with?