Question

Kori bought 56 boxes of tiles from the home improvement store, which was es 4/7 of the total number of boxes that they had. How many boxes of tiles did the store have?

Answer 1

The total number of boxes the store has is 98 boxes of tiles. This is computed by dividing 56 by 4/7, or simply multiply 56 by 7 which is equal to 392. Then 392 will be divided by 4 which will give us 98 boxes.

Answer 2

98 boxes

Explanation:

If 56 is
`(4)/(7)` of the total, we can set up an equation like this:

`56=(4)/(7)*T`

Where T is the total number of boxes.

Solving for T gives us the answer:

`56=(4)/(7)T\\T=(56)/((4)/(7))\\T=56*(7)/(4)\\T=98`

There were 98 boxes in total.