Question

Yolanda is saving money to buy a game. So far she has saved $6, which is two -thirds of the total cost of the game. How much does the game cost?

Answer 1

Uh huh I can do this hold my beer.

So "she" has 6 dollars right?
And that is 2/3 of the total cost.
So we need to figure out 3/3.
What better way to do that than to cross multiply.

2 6
/3 /x
3(6) = 2x
18 = 2x
/2 /2
9 = x

So the game costs 9 dollars

t h a n k u

Answer 2

If $6 is 2/3 of the cost, then we can create a proportion to find the answer. This proportion would be 6/x = 2/3. By cross-multiplying, we then get 2x = 18. Finally, we divide both sides by 2 and get x = 9. Therefore, the answer is $9.

Hope this helps!