Question

Ally has 8 green-colored shirts. This is 20% of the shirts she owns. How many shirts does she own in total? Set up as a proportion.

Answer 1

Ally owns 40 shirts.

Explanation:

Let the number of shirts owned by Ally = S

Since, 8 green colored shirts she owns are 20% of the total shirts.

Therefore, 20% of S = 8

`(20)/(100)* S=8`

S = 8 × 5

S = 40

Therefore, Ally owns 40 shirts.