Question

About \frac{3}{8}3 8 of the business calls that Ms. Rodriguez makes are long distance calls. How many business calls would you expect her to make in a month when she makes 32 long distance calls? Write an equation to find the total number of calls Ms. Rodriguez makes in a month.

Answer 1

`(3)/(8)x = 32`

multiply both sides by the reciprocal

x = 85⅓

We would expect her to make about 85 business calls in a month.

Explanation:

The equation means "3/8 of the unknown total is 32"

When we multiply 3/8 by its reciprocal, it becomes 1 and cancels on the left.

8/3 times 32 is a mixed number, so it is reasonable to round it to a whole number of calls.

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I hope I read this question correctly. The coding for the fraction made it a bit confusing.