Question

Tamiami turned in 6 homework assignments. if she turned in 75 percent of the homework assignments that were due how many homework assignments were assigned

Answer 1

percemt means parts out of 100
75%=75/100=15/20=3/4

turned in 6
if she turned in 3/4 of total assignments due then how many total?
6=3/4 times total
multily both sides by 4/3 to clear fraction
24/3=total
8=total
answer is 8 homeworks were assigned