Question

Use an equation to solve. 96 is 30% of what number? 320 317 320.5 322

Answer 1

The answer is 32. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

We can use an equation to solve this problem, and let our unknown number be represented by the variable x. First, we must convert 30% to its decimal equivalent. We do this by dividing 30/100 (because a percent represents a partial value out of a possible 100%).

30/100 = 0.3

Now, we can construct our equation, keeping in mind that the word "is" refers to an equals sign and that the word "of" denotes multiplication. This equation is shown below:

96 = 0.3x

To solve this equation, we must get the variable x alone on the right side of the equation. To do this, we should divide both sides by 0.3 to get rid of the coefficient.

x = 320

Therefore, your answer is 320.

Hope this helps!