Question

in a parking garage, the number of SUV's is 40 percent of the non SUV's. Gina counted 98 suv's in the parking garage. How many vehicals were parked in the garage

Answer 1

You can find this answer multiple ways.

One way is to represent it as an equation and solve for x, The total number of vehicles.

0.4x = 98
x = 245 vehicles

Or write a proportion using the fraction for 40%.

2/5 = 98/x

5 x 49 = 245

There are 245 vehicles in the garage.