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24+\frac{1}{5}x=40
Reduce the fraction \frac{20}{100} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 20.
\frac{1}{5}x=40-24
Subtract 24 from both sides.
\frac{1}{5}x=16
Subtract 24 from 40 to get 16.
x=16\times 5
Multiply both sides by 5, the reciprocal of \frac{1}{5}.
x=80
Multiply 16 and 5 to get 80.