Question

Fourteen of the people signed up for the ski classes are beginners. If 56% of those signed up are beginners, how many people signed up for classes?

Answer 1

25

Explanation:

An unknown number of people signed up for the class. Let the total number of people who signed up be x.

56% of the people who signed up are beginners. 14 people are beginners.

That means that

56% of the people who signed up is 14 people.

56% of x = 14

56% * x = 14

0.56x = 14

Divide both sides by 0.56.

0.56x/0.56 = 14/0.56

x = 25

Answer: 25