Question

During a 5​-year ​period, 48​% of snowstorms in a certain city caused power outages. Thirty dash nine of the snowstorms did not cause power outages. Find the total number of snowstorms in this city over the 5​-year period

Answer 1

75

Explanation:

48% of snowstorms caused power outages, which means 52% did not.

Therefore, 39 is 52% of all snowstorms.

39 = 0.52x

x = 75

There were 75 snowstorms over the 5-year period.