Question

In an office building, 96 offices are currently being rented. This represents 80% of the total units. How many offices are there in the building?

Answer 1

Let the total number of units in the building be x.

80% of x is given to be 96 offices.

This means that 80% multiplied by the total units (x) is calculated to be 96:

`\Rightarrow(80)/(100)* x=96`

Calculating, we have

`\begin{gathered} 0.8x=96 \\ x=(96)/(0.8) \\ x=120 \end{gathered}`

There are 120 total offices in the building.