Question

There are 20% more goblins than wizards in magic club. There are 120 goblins in magic club.

How many wizards are in the magic club?
wizards

Answer 1

100 wizards

Explanation:

Since this problem is asking for how many wizards there are, we can use w = wizards

Next, we know that there are 120 goblins and that there are 20% more goblins than wizards in magic club.

120 = w + 20%w

120 = w + 0.2w

(percentages are just the percent/100)

120 = 1.2w

1200 = 12w

100 = w

Final Answer: There are 100 wizards in the magic club

Answer 2

If we express wizards as w, we can make the equation 120=w+0.2w
120=1.2w
1200=12w
100=w

So there are 100 wizards in the magic club