Question

Effie ate 4 peaches. This represents 50% of the bag of peaches. How many peaches were originally in the bag? A. 2 B. 4 C. 6 D. 8

Answer 1

Given:

a.) Effie ate 4 peaches.

b.) This represents 50% of the bag of peaches.

To be able to determine the original number of peaches, we will be using the following formula:

`\text{ Original Number = }\frac{Number\text{ of peaches ate}}{\frac{Percentage\text{ Equivalent}}{100}}`

We get,

`\text{ Original Number = }\frac{Number\text{ of peaches ate}}{\frac{Percentage\text{ Equivalent}}{100}}`
`\text{ = }(4)/((50)/(100))`
`\text{ = }(4)/(0.5)`
`\text{ Original Number = 8}`

Therefore, the original number of peaches in the bag is 8.